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...
by Working Forest | Sep 4, 2020 | Archives
BC Government News — With warm temperatures persisting in many regions of the province and the potential for new ignitions still high in some areas, the BC Wildfire Service urges British Columbians to stay alert and use fire safely over the Labour day weekend....
by Working Forest | Sep 4, 2020 | Archives
KENORA, Ontario Government — The Ontario government is investing $330,280 to help laid-off forestry workers in Kenora get the training and supports they need to quickly rejoin the workforce. A new action centre has opened in Kenora to provide services and...
