A consortium of eight U.S. wood-related trade groups signed a letter requesting the European Commission to push back the mandatory compliance deadline of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by 24 months.

Illegal timber harvesting drives transnational crimes that negatively impact U.S. markets and the global economy. It contributes to deforestation and climate change, and the proceeds from illegal timber products can fund organized crime, terrorism and drug trafficking.

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act to promote the use of mass timber in federal building projects and military construction.

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.

The event will take place on August 7-8 at the Conference Center at the Guilford Technical Community College in Colfax, North Carolina.

Existing-home sales expanded 3.1% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.00 million. Median existing-home sales price climbed 5.1% from January 2023 to $379,100 – the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year price gains.

Sawdust from wood pellet manufacturing facilities in North Carolina has reportedly blown onto nearby residents’ homes and caused health problems.

In 2022, Maryland-based Enviva was riding high. For the second year in a row, revenue topped $1 billion, up 24% from two years prior. In April of that year, stocks hit a peak of $87 per share, and multiyear contracts were signed with customers across the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea.Enviva, the world's largest bioenergy firm in the world, dominated the global market for wood pellets used by the energy industry.

35,000 seedlings have already been planted in the program's first year.

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is helping lead the climate-change charge through cutting-edge research to develop new materials, analysis tools and design guidance specifications.