by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 11, 2021 | News
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the Trillion Trees Act, legislation that would plant 1 trillion trees globally by 2050 and incentivize the use of wood products as carbon sequestration devices. U.S. Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Rob Wittman (R-Va.),...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Mar 3, 2021 | News
Maybe not completely surrendering, but definitely changing tactics for the time being, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it would no longer regulate the movement of ash trees or emerald ash borer-infested wood. Initially found in the...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
The nonprofit Wood Supply Research Institute (WSRI) has completed a six-month national study on the value of Certified Master Logger Programs, finding they have real worth to loggers and forest industry stakeholders, but face challenges achieving the recognition with...
by Web Editor | Jul 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Scientists have been studying emerald ash borers since the Chinese insects started killing ash trees near Detroit 15 years ago. They’ve been following the imported insects’ march east, then north and now west and watching the bugs kill nearly every ash...
by Web Editor | May 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Over the past 30 years, three-quarters of eastern US tree species have been shifting to the west, and at an astonishing rate of around 15.4 kilometers per decade (9.5 miles). That’s weird, because scientists have long predicted that the effects of climate change...
