Forest Journalism for a Sustainable Future
Editor’s note: What is mass timber? Sometimes called “advanced timber,” this relatively new and as-yet evolving building product takes several forms. For a primer on products in the mass timber family, we turned to rethinkwood.com. We think you’ll … [Continue reading]
Oregon is bullish on the future of high-rises built from locally sourced wood, and Portland is the proof. At last month’s Mass Timber Conference, an all-day tour took visitors to a few of the city’s timber buildings – from a fire station made from … [Continue reading]
As wildfires across the West continue to display truly unprecedented behavior, scientists for the U.S. Forest Service are trying to understand how an extreme conflagration “breathes” and grows – or, sometimes, subsides. They are pioneers, … [Continue reading]
Paul Hessburg had studied wildfires for three decades when he saw the very scenario he dreads most unfold in his hometown of Wenatchee, Washington. He shares the story now in hopes of stopping the seemingly endless cycle of such stories. “In … [Continue reading]
The planet’s forests are a significant piece of the conversation about not only the impacts of climate warming, but also about strategies for sequestering carbon – thereby removing it from Earth’s atmosphere. … [Continue reading]