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National Science Foundation
As money-makers, trees stand tall. The U.S. forest industry is an economic powerhouse. Southern states alone grow more commercial wood than any country in the world.
The Center for Advanced Forestry Systems is using forestry science and collaborations among universities, industry and governments to make commercially grown forests more productive and sustainable. With support from the National Science Foundation, research teams at Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University and the University of Washington have teamed up through the center to study how new, slow-release fertilizers could improve growth and go easier on our waterways and to look more closely at the role of forests in storing carbon.
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The Star
The Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department is using some of the latest technology to combat illegal logging, said Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri.
"The use of the latest technology allows us to monitor changes in forest cover in real time, which has had a big impact on enforcement," Hamim said. "Integrated technology like hyperspectral imaging, the Forest Monitoring Using Remote Sensing (FMRS) system which uses satellite imagery, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) and a Geographical Information System (GIS) allows us to gather information quickly and accurately,"
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Woodworking Network
Gene Wengert, nicknamed "The Wood Doctor," who is the extension specialist emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, writes: "There are several steps in "checking”" the MC of incoming lumber. First and foremost is determining what is acceptable for your operation. ... Once you have determined the correct MC for your products and for your ultimate customers, the next step is to measure the MC of either every piece in the load or of a random sample of pieces from the load."
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Biomass Magazine
For well over 100 years, relatively dry forests on national forest lands in Idaho and Montana have undergone pronounced change. If forest restoration projects in the Inland Northwest region were to become major suppliers of woody biomass for bioenergy, government subsidies in the form of tax credits, loan guarantees or other types of financial aid will be essential.
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Ammoland
The Ruffed Grouse Society has provided a forestry mulching machine to assist several agencies with their efforts to provide better habitat for a number of wildlife species in West Virginia. Early successional habitat projects have been successful on the Monongahela National Forest under a collaborative partnership among the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, the West Virginia Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service.
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Treehugger
Respected German newspaper Die Welt published an article under the title "The naive carelessness of the wood burner." In fairness to the complexities of translation, the German word "Sorglosigkeit" might also be translated as "carefree-ness," but either way the message is clear: Anyone who bought into the idea that wood pellets can solve climate change issues related to heating with oil or coal has erred.
Is it true? Do we need to be concerned already that we are at "peak wood"? A closer look at the details in the article provide an amazing view of what some would call a trifecta of environmental, economic and feasibility success.
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Center for International Forestry Research
To mark the International Day of Forests' fourth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and Tony Simons, director general of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), sat down together in a special three-part video interview series to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for forests and for our planet.
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Biomass Magazine
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the implementation of the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan caught nearly everyone off guard. The decision was unprecedented in that it was the first time that the high court overruled a decision of a lower court to stay a regulation. For the biomass industry, a stay of the Clean Power Plan may offer an opportunity otherwise lost, had the EPA been allowed to go forward with its implementation efforts.
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