The Nature Conservancy recently kicked off its "Don't Move Firewood" campaign calling on vacationers and campers to be wary of aiding the spread of the emerald ash borer, which has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states.

Nova LIfeStyle Inc. is constructing a 160,000-square-foot plant in China to produce pigment lacquer furniture to service IKEA customers in Asia.

Habitat for Humanity Intl, a non-profit homebuilder based in Atlanta, GA, appeared for the third year on the BUILDER 100 list, a ranking of the nation’s largest homebuilders, compiled by BUILDER magazine.

Ashley Furniture Industries broke ground yesterday on a $6 million expansion of its manufacturing complex to make motion furniture.

Forest products firm are losing $22 million daily due to a Canadian Pacific rail strike, says the Forest Products Association of Canada. Oriented strand board, lumber and panel products move through the rail network.

Edwin Louis Bass, who is credited with being the first to build a business importing industrial woodworking machinery from Europe, passed away on May 26. He was 93.

Custom architectural woodworking firm Heartwood commemorates Sally Eustis, wife and business partner of company president Howard Eustis for over 20 years, who died one year ago May 21, 2011.

A forest code update by Brazil's legislature, intended to open vast tracts of forest land to large-scale agriculture, instead saw line-item vetoes Friday by President Dilma Rousseff. But it is unclear of the action will prevent illegal timber harvesting.

China's troubled wood flooring and forest products firm, Sino-Forest, faces fraud charges following an investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission. Sino-Forest operates in China, but formerly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Boise Cascade Holdings attributes a mild winter that helped jump start home building construction as a major driver of its improved first-quarter sales and profitability.