The Sustainable Furnishings Council and the National Wildlife Federation have begun their assessment of over 100 North American furniture retailers on their wood sourcing policies. The scorecard will be released in November, which gauges the year-over-year progress of furniture retailers and their sustainability practices.

Winning prizes from Castle USA included a TSM-12 Pocket Cutting Machine for the class winner and the Castle 110 Pocket Cutter for the individual entry.

The Forest Service continues to invest in innovation in the forest products economy through the agency’s Wood Innovation Grants, Community Wood Grants, Wood Products Infrastructure Grants and Wood Edu

Gene Wengert answers questions about using whiskey barrels for furniture and also questions about green color in walnut, a solar wood dryer, paint on bacterial infected wood, color variations in oak.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ordered the U.S. Department of Commerce to redo countervailing duties on Canadian lumber, saying the department must better explain its refusal to check whether suppliers for investigated companies had received government subsidies.

National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) and National Oak-Flooring Manufacturer's Association (NOFMA)-certified wood flooring is made by the NWFA manufacturing members that have pledged to uphold the NWFA/NOFMA standards.

Canfor Corporation plans to optimize its footprint in southern Alabama by permanently closing its Jackson facility and expanding production at its Fulton facility with a second shift.

The Board of Directors of C&D Lumber Co. has permanently closed operations at the more than 130-year-old business.

Province changing building code to permit 18-story wood buildings.

A team of USDA Forest Service specialists recently returned from Peru where they provided technical support to Peru’s Centers for Productive Innovation and Technology Transfer, universities and the private sector on wood structural design, durability, preservation and technological innovation.