The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. is hosting its 2017 Annual Conference September 27-29 in Ottawa.

UrbanWoodExchange.org fosters creation of local networks to utilize felled community trees for lumber and wood products.

Q. Not an urgent question, but why are nails sometimes called by the “penny” such as a 16 penny nail. Everyone seems to have a slightly different answer, so I am asking you.

Q. Can you give me an interesting story about wood? I have to give a talk to some children and want something interesting to begin with.

Say hello to the new Bosch Multi-Grip GSA18V-125 18V EC Brushless 1-1/4" Stroke Reciprocating Saw.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Sarah Provard’s love for music inspired her award-winning furniture design. AWFS Fair attendees awarded the Fresh Wood People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Wagner Meters, and a $750 prize to Provard, of West Jordan High School, Utah, for her Musically Inclined cabinet with themed inlay. It also won first place in the High School Case Goods category."There were many inspirations that I had in order to design this wonderful piece,” Provard said. “My primary reason for this design is my love for music.

The Montana Mass Timber Rising conference attracted more than 100 people and took place in Columbia Falls.

Likely the world's oldest prosthetic device, an artificial wooden toe was found on a 3,000-year-old mummy of an Egyptian woman.

The collaboration is aimed at helping homeowners see, through instant, photo-realistic design tools, natural wood grain in their design projects.

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