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Sierra Nevada Conservancy awards nearly $3 million for forest health and watershed restoration projects 12 Mar 2018 7:59 PM (7 years ago)

Sierra Nevada Conservancy awards nearly $3 million for forest health and watershed restoration projects

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Governing Board approved nearly $3 million in grants for projects that will reduce wildfire risk and restore forest and watershed health in the Sierra Nevada region.

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Record-breaking towers didn’t make the short list for Portland, Oregon’s post office site…here’s who did 12 Mar 2018 7:58 PM (7 years ago)

Record-breaking towers didn’t make the short list for Portland, Oregon's post office site...here's who did

Post office site includes major developers from Denver and New York City.

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Mass Timber Intensive Summer Design-Build Workshop 9 Mar 2018 5:00 PM (7 years ago)

Mass Timber Intensive Summer Design-Build Workshop

The TallWood Design Institute is offering its inaugural Mass Timber Intensive Summer Design-Build Workshop on June 24-30, 2018.

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Vince Bulic’s Weekly Lumber Market Wrap: For the week ending March 9, 2018 9 Mar 2018 4:56 PM (7 years ago)

Vince Bulic’s Weekly Lumber Market Wrap: For the week ending June 19, 2015

The market pause continued this week as mill levelsales ground to a halt.

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Making clearcuts less ugly 9 Mar 2018 4:46 PM (7 years ago)

Making clearcuts less ugly

Over the past several years, OFRI has surveyed Oregonians on how they view forest management.

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Out of the fryingpan and into the forest 9 Mar 2018 4:43 PM (7 years ago)

Out of the fryingpan and into the forest

Conservationists are challenging a logging proposal that would clear-cut 1,300 acres in the White River National Forest northeast of Aspen, including endangered Canada lynx habitat and units adjacent to the protected Woods Lake Roadless Area.

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Louisiana business owner pushes for timber high-rise building 9 Mar 2018 4:40 PM (7 years ago)

Louisiana business owner pushes for timber high-rise building

The Timber Innovation Act would prioritize USDA funding to research the safety and durability of timber in buildings over 85 stories tall.

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International Mass Timber Conference addresses innovative mass timber technology and the seismic shift it’s sending through the building world 9 Mar 2018 4:36 PM (7 years ago)

International Mass Timber Conference addresses innovative mass timber technology and the seismic shift it's sending through the building world

As the International Mass Timber Conference rolls into the Portland Convention Center, March 20–22, for its third annual event, the ambitious agenda examines the new face of mass timber construction, offering attendees unparalleled knowledge and networking opportunities.

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Can mass timber help California build its way out of the housing crisis? 9 Mar 2018 4:27 PM (7 years ago)

Can mass timber help California build its way out of the housing crisis?

If California’s gubernatorial candidates are to fulfill their ambituous goal of adding up to 3.5 million new housing units across the state over the next eight years, new efforts will need to be undertaken to streamline and reform the state’s sagging construction industry—Could this effort create an opening for mass timber construction to take hold in the Golden State?

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Female firefighter to lead Forest Service amid scandal 9 Mar 2018 4:24 PM (7 years ago)

Female firefighter to lead Forest Service amid scandal

After a career spent battling wildland fires across the West, U.S. Forest Service interim Chief Vicki Christiansen must now confront another sort of crisis: the harassment and bullying of women that's persisted in the agency's male-dominated culture despite numerous efforts at reform.

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