Forest Journalism for a Sustainable Future
Following in the footsteps of other family businesses that have moved into the mass timber market, Freres Lumber has taken the entrepreneurial leap into a new product line called mass plywood panels (MPP). Tyler Freres led my International Mass … [Continue reading]
“Forest ecosystems are complex, more complex than we can think.” The late Jack Ward Thomas, a research wildlife biologist and former chief of the U.S. Forest Service, often recited this line in speeches he gave. He was only referring to … [Continue reading]
https://youtu.be/3cP11Gf9nE8 According to the last census, 81 percent of Americans live in urban settings, so urban trees are the only forests most people encounter day to day. And that’s if they are lucky enough to live or work in the forested … [Continue reading]
Big or small, gradual or sudden, change rhythmically punctuates human life. In the natural world, change is just as intrinsic and pattern-based. Seasonal fluctuations in temperature, shifts in sun light and natural disturbances, like fire, are all … [Continue reading]
https://youtu.be/R6DwCfUysak Diverse stakeholders are working together to make central Oregon’s forests more fire-resilient, a success feted in a video released recently by state and federal foresters. “The forests in central Oregon are adapted … [Continue reading]