by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
CALGARY, The Canadian Press — Record high prices for lumber and construction paneling are creating a resource revenue boost for the coffers of the Alberta government, partly making up for huge declines in oil and gas returns. Coniferous stumpage fees — paid by...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archives
STOCKHOLM, PRNewswire/Wood Resources International LLC — The log market in Germany has been extremely volatile in the first half of 2020, with high demand from the export market and a tight supply of fresh green logs. When the Coronavirus Epidemic forced...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
FLINT, Texas, CBS NEWS — The home construction boom in East Texas is now at a standstill. The cost of lumber has skyrocketed, so local builders believe doing nothing is the best course of action. In the middle of June, lumber was selling for about $360 per thousand...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archives
WIRED — SINCE 1980, The University of Tennessee’s Forensic Anthropology Center has plumbed the depths of the most macabre of sciences: the decomposition of human bodies. Known colloquially as the Body Farm, here scientists examine how donated cadavers decay,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Working Forest | Sep 4, 2020 | Archives
By Ivan Garcia, SRS Science Communications Intern, and Jennifer Moore Myers, SRS Science Communications • SRS.FS.USDA — The USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and the North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources recently signed an...