by Working Forest | Jul 17, 2018 | Archives
Oregon State University will receive nearly $500,000 from the USDA to study the effects of moisture accumulation in mass timber buildings. According to a report in the Captial Press, Oregon State University will receive nearly $500,000 from the USDA to continue...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
Sault Ste. Marie — EACOM Timber Corporation was joined by Habitat for Humanity Canada and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) at its Sault Ste. Marie plant to unveil an important partnership. Building on its support of Habitat’s 2017 Jimmy & Rosalynn...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
STOWE, Vt.– ASSOCIATED PRESS — The grey trunks of red spruce trees killed by acid rain once heavily scarred the mountain forests of the Northeast. Now those forests are mostly green, with the crowns of red spruce peeking out of the canopy and saplings thriving...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
BillerudKorsnäs and Uppsala University are making paper batteries a reality, paving the way for energy storage in packaging materials. BillerudKorsnäs and researchers at Uppsala University have together taken an important step towards the future’s paper batteries....
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
ITHACA, N.Y. – A tiny fern – with each leaf the size of a gnat – may provide global impact for sinking atmospheric carbon dioxide, fixing nitrogen in agriculture and shooing pesky insects from crops. The fern’s full genome has been sequenced by a Cornell University...
