by Working Forest | Apr 4, 2016 | Articles
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have created a transparent wood that can be produced in bulk, the university announced Thursday. Transparent wood isn’t new. Lumber has been fashioned into translucent, minute pieces for the study of wood....
by Working Forest | Apr 4, 2016 | Articles
The losing battle against the emerald ash borer continues in Guelph and the surrounding area, as forestry experts take measures designed primarily to protect the public. Nothing much can be done now to keep the little green bug at bay and the trees alive, those...
by Working Forest | Mar 28, 2016 | Articles
A cutting-edge satellite-based alert system could help policymakers and conservationists put a dent in illegal logging by notifying users in real time of new bald patches in the world’s rainforests. The system, known as the Global Land Analysis and Discovery...
by Working Forest | Mar 28, 2016 | Articles
When seeking clues to how well conservation efforts are working in the present, sometimes scientists look to the past — and there may be no better historical record than the forest surveys conducted in Missouri by the Bureau of Land Management in the 1800s....
by Working Forest | Mar 23, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Today as we cruise down the hill approaching Coopers Cove when driving out from Victoria, with perhaps a quick glance at the quiet cove, noting small boats and kayaks, we see a background view of a closed-down industrial site. Probably it’s hard to believe the...
by Working Forest | Mar 21, 2016 | Articles
Ernst Baxmann is a hero, says International Forest products (Interfor) logging engineer Aaron Gunther. The company agreed without hesitation and stepped up with a way to thank him. It was in early December that Baxmann was driving his personally-owned logging truck,...
