by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2020 | Archives
ARCHINECT NEWS — The California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) has adopted a series of new code regulations that pave the way for the state to begin to implement the widespread construction of tall mass timber buildings. In late August, the CBSC moved to...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2020 | Archives
REUTERS — Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by damaging home values, state tourism and local government budgets, an advisory panel to a U.S. markets regulator found. Those effects...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2020 | Archives
SUDBURY.COM — After years of chronic uncertainty, Huron Central Railway’s short-line freight service between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury might finally derail. Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., Huron Central’s Montreal-based parent company, announced this week...
by Working Forest | Sep 9, 2020 | Archives
Date: November 4,5,6, 2020 The Working Forest Virtual Education Event enables participants to reach Canada’s youth interested in a career in Forestry and Natural Resources Management. This three-day virtual event coincides with our October/November Education issue...
by Working Forest | Sep 9, 2020 | Archives
FASHION2FASHION — Eighty-six percent of consumers consider wood a sustainable textile raw material, according to a study on consumer attitudes towards textile materials and sustainability by Spinnova. Still, only one third are familiar with wood-based apparel....
