My will to catalog more than 6,000 wood specimens collected at Penn State since before 1960 led me to visit the largest collection in North America at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI.

The U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, and Habitat for Humanity Rhode Island—Greater Providence officially kicked off the Carbon Challenge Providence Design Competition with a January 17 kickoff party at the Roots Cultural Center in Providence, Rhode Island.