Stoking Success
“Made in the USA: Supporting American manufacturing jobs and promoting sustainable forest management” —a series that spotlights how Wood Innovations Program grant recipients are putting Americans to work and ensuring healthy forests of the future. This article was developed in collaboration with Matt Bonsall of Wood and Co.…
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Wood is good
Wood is a renewable resource with countless uses, and sustainably harvesting wood to make wood products is good for the health of forests and local economies. The Forest Service's Wood Innovations grants are investing in wood products economies nationwide. Freres Engineered Wood, a Wood Innovations grant recipient and a company based in Oregon's Santiam Canyon, uses sustainably sourced wood from…
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Forest products of the future
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Bags of firewood are lined up on the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California timber yard in Gardnerville, Nevada. The tribe delivers the firewood to tribal elders and those in need across the state. Thanks to a USDA Forest Service Wood Products…
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Moldable Wood: Endless Possibilities
Oct. 22, 2021, cover of Science Magazine
Do you remember learning origami as a kid?From simple sheets of paper, you could create anything – flowers, animals, houses, furniture. The possibilities were endless.Now think about what you could do with wood instead of paper – wood that is easily manipulated, but…
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2021 Community Wood Grant Program Awards
The Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Grant Program, launched in 2020, provides funding for grants to install thermally led community wood energy systems or to build innovative wood product manufacturing facilities. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 USC § 8113) and annual agency appropriations authorize and fund the grants awarded under this program.2021 Wood Innovations and…
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Wood Innovations
Wood Innovations ProgramTo learn about Wood Innovations projects across the country, visit the Wood Innovations Project Search page.News & AnnouncementsFeature Story - Wood is good: Wood products build the way to healthy forests of the futureWood Innovations Grant Program - 2024/25 Application period is closedThe Wood Innovation Grants Program, launched in 2015, stimulates, expands, and…