by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2016 | News
Salvation In A Colorado Sawmill An idea seemingly as simple as building a sawmill can make a world of difference for the people of rural Costilla County. The county in the San Luis Valley is plagued by a struggling economy and overgrown forests, which create wildfire...
by Web Editor | Jun 1, 2016 | News
Resolute Forest Products Inc. recently announced a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia against Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace Fund, Inc., STAND (formerly ForestEthics) and a number of their...
by Web Editor | May 27, 2016 | News
Regulation of worker exposure to wood dust moves another step closer in California, where the state Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) closed a comments period on May 19. The state’s effort to regulate exposure to wood dust began in 2010. The...
by Web Editor | May 25, 2016 | News
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) failed to justify the amount of money it collects from U.S. lumber companies to support an industry marketing campaign, a federal judge ruled. Resolute Forest Products sued the Department of Agriculture in December 2014,...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2016 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell today announced over $8.5 million to expand and accelerate technologies and strategies that promote the use of wood in commercial construction, heat and power generation, and other wood...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2016 | News
A new bill from Congress would establish performance driven research for advancing tall wood building construction in the U.S. The “Timber Innovation Act” would: · Authorize the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
