by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 9, 2022 | News
Wisconsin Launches Forest Workforce Development Wisconsin state officials, including Gov. Tony Evers, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) Chancellor Thomas Gibson, UWSP College of Natural Resources Dean Brian Sloss and others, recently came together on the...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 20, 2022 | News
Oregon Products Disaster Response Team Celebrates Ten Years Of Service In 2021 alone, natural disasters caused $145 billion worth of damage across the U.S.—and experts are forecasting above-normal hurricane and wildfire seasons this year. Since 2012, Oregon Products...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 14, 2022 | News
‘First’ Electric Log Truck Now Working In Sweden In what those involved are calling a “world’s first,” commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania AB has delivered its first electric timber truck to Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA)—Europe’s largest private forest owner....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 12, 2022 | News
‘Good Neighbor’ Projects Extended To Tribal Lands The Nez Perce Tribe and U.S. Forest Service have signed an agreement allowing the two to team up on projects in the 6,250 square mile Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in north-central Idaho. The Forest Service has...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 12, 2022 | News
Murrelets Halt Oregon Logging In late June, a U.S. District Court judge in Oregon issued a ruling preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting a tract of old-growth forest that was previously part of the Elliott State Forest. The court found that logging the parcel would...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Elmia Wood Comes Back: 2022 Event A Success Elmia Wood 2022 was held in the forest of Bratteborg, outside Jönköping, Sweden June 2-4, 2022—the first time this event has been held in nearly five years thanks to the global pandemic. Nearly 26,000 visitors walked through...
