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Based on the results of the May 2018 survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, the National Association of Home Builders has concluded that shortages of framing lumber are more widespread now than they were at any time since the association began tracking the issue in a consistent manner in 1994. Thirty-one percent of single-family builders who responded to the survey’s special questions reported a shortage of framing lumber, far outpacing the other products and materials on the survey. Trusses were in second place, with 24 percent of builders reporting shortages, followed by lightweight steel and OSB at 30 percent each.
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EIN Presswire
Forest Concepts LLC has been awarded a $1.8 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office to address the critical issues of poor flowability, high friction and highly variable physical properties that have plagued the biomass industry.
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Northern Arizona University
Two Northern Arizona University postdoctoral scholars authored a paper measuring how forest restoration in response to wildfires or climate change can benefit water quality.
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Tech Explorist
Wood waste from furniture processing plants makes up a tremendous segment of waste produced in Singapore. In 2016 alone, in excess of 530,000 tons of wood squander were created, of which, a critical sum is as observed tidy. Rather than burning or arranging them in landfills, wood waste can be reused to make biochar, a permeable, carbon-rich material that assimilates and holds water well.
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Bangor Daily News
Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine's softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say.
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University of California, Merced
There are too many trees in Sierra Nevada forests, say experts from UC Merced, UC Irvine and the National Park Service working at the National Science Foundation Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (NSF SSCZO). This comes as a surprise to those of us who see dense, verdant forests as a sign of a healthy environment. After all, green is good, right? Not necessarily. When it comes to the number of trees in California forests, bigger isn't always better.
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Conservation Finance Network
The community of Ixtlán de Juárez in Oaxaca, Mexico is a great example of the multiple economic, ecological and social benefits of a sustainably managed community forest. Forest management and ownership has fostered social and economic prosperity in this community while protecting the unique environmental values of its land. It is an indigenous Zapotec community located in one of the poorest areas of Mexico in the rugged mountains of the Sierra Juarez.
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South China Morning Post
Researchers in Japan have developed a technique for making alcohol by fermenting wood, paving the way for the creation of the world's first wood liquor. The safety of the product, which carries the distinctive aroma of the type of wood it is made from, as a drink is yet to be confirmed, but the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute hopes people will be toasting with it soon.
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Mongabay
Using a system called ForestLink developed by Rainforest Foundation U.K., members of the Masenawa community documented the presence of an illegal gold mining camp in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. The police then responded by destroying the mining equipment at the camp and arresting five people suspected of participating in illegal mining.
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