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Source: The Forest Blog By: Russ Vaagen The word “collaboration” is used a great deal these days. If you find yourself in the world of forest management or the US Forest Service, it’s everywhere. So what does it mean how does it.work? The Oxford Dictionary says that collaboration is the action of working with someone […]
Source: UNECE Wood should be considered the building material of the future for four reasons. First, wood is a sustainable building material, as it is derived from a renewable source and has low embodied energy when compared with most other structural materials. The energy consumed in managing forests, harvesting trees, producing forest products and transporting […]
Source: Forest Business Network By: EVERGREEN MAGAZINE In this special Evergreen report, we profile the sorry state of affairs in Montana, a state that relishes its reputation as “the last best place,” a phrase coined by William Kittredge that became the title of his anthology of Montana writers, published in 1988 by the Montana Historical Society. […]
Source: Zip 06 By: Becky Coffey, Senior Staff Writer In a selective logging operation, the Valley Shore Y is thinning the forest surrounding its building, parking lots, and fields. The goal of the project is to promote forest health, improve privacy and screening by promoting growth of the understory, and eliminate potential hazards to people presented […]
Source: Forest Business Network BY PETER STANGEL – U.S. ENDOWMENT FOR FORESTRY AND COMMUNITIES · IMAGE BY SIGURDAS / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) hosted a special session at the 2016 Utility Management Conference to highlight the important role that forests and other types of natural or green infrastructure play […]