In the end, the orange-coated Lorax protesting outside the 2018 International Mass Timber Conference was not the most surprising development that March morning in Portland, Oregon. That came when I visited with the protest’s organizer and asked … [Continue reading]
Urban forests, and their rural cousins, help cities mitigate climate change
Can innovative wood products and humans’ innate need to interact with nature help cities across the country achieve their commitments under the Paris climate accord? More than 400 U.S. mayors and cities have signed the Paris Accords, but do they … [Continue reading]
CLT or MPP? Freres family enters market with mass plywood panels
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]
All things to all people? Competing interests complicate forest management
“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]
i-Tree app: How much is a tree worth?
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]
Here’s how: Trees survive, and thrive, after wildfires
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]
VIDEO: Collaborative group works to restore central Oregon forests
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]
25-year tradition: Tour des Trees bicycle ride celebrates urban forests
For the past 25 years, cycling enthusiasts with a passion for trees have traveled together on a 500-plus-mile weeklong ride called the Tour des Trees. The Tour was born as an idea – a dream, really – in the minds of a few arborists at the … [Continue reading]
California governor pledges to double forest thinning, burning to reduce wildfire risk
California Governor Jerry Brown vowed last week to step up efforts to make forests more resilient to drought and wildfire by allocating more dollars toward thinning projects and prescribed burns. Brown said he will carve out $96 million as part of … [Continue reading]
Foresters, furniture makers, city leaders create 3rd life for Baltimore’s urban wood
Fred Rogers, creator and host of the long-running television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” once wrote: “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” Mister Rogers was referring to transitions … [Continue reading]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 21
- Next Page »