The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $8 million for five new projects to reduce wildfire risk, protect water quality, and improve forest health across the nation. This expands President Trump’s mission to improve the lives of American families, support rural communities, and expand domestic timber production.

Proposed rule would have mandated SawStop-style devices on new table saws.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corporation - Columbia Carolina Division, a plywood manufacturing facility in McDowell County.

Health Canada's sampling and evaluation program has determined that the black coatings applied to the legs and metal base of Lars Counter Wood Top table and Lars Counter Chairs contain lead in excess of the allowable limit established by the Surface Coatings Materials Regulations.

The project will reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire and restore fire-adapted oak ecosystems that are important to wildlife, water quality, and rural communities. Work includes treating 150 acres of hazardous fuels while supporting partner efforts to treat an additional 1,200 acres — for a total of 1,350 acres restored. Landowners will receive assistance to implement oak management activities, including hazardous fuels mitigation, that promote resilient and fire-adapted forests.

Neutral, a real estate development company focused on creating sustainable and healthy mixed-use communities, has presented the results of a first-of-its-kind successful 3 hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber building assembly with standard connectors for free use by industry practitioners.

Eligible workforce development projects included universities, colleges, government and community organizations, and businesses that aimed to increase workforce capacity in the fields of logging, fuels treatment, transportation, manufacturing, or other support services that bolster the development of a resilient forest sector workforce.

With the help of industry advocates and several parents who lost their children to tip-overs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) started the campaign to educate parents and caregivers about the dangers of falling TVs and furniture amid widespread child injuries and fatalities.

The Sansin Corporation's Factory Finish PC WoodForce product has achieved Euro Class D fire rating certification. The Euro Class D single burning item test is outlined by EN 13823, a European standard test method, also known as the Single Burning Item (SBI) test, used to evaluate the reaction of building products (excluding flooring) to fire.

FREMONT, Neb. — Wood dust is the likely cause of a July 29 explosion at a pellet plant in Fremont, Nebraska. The July 29 blast killed three people, including a male employee and his two daughters, both under the age of 12.