Agriculture Secretary Urges Green Builders to Use Wood

The findings of a new U.S. Forest Service study indicate that wood should factor as a primary building material in green building, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today. The authors of Science Supporting the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Using… Continue Reading

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Forest Service Seeks 5-Year Extension of Rural Schools Act

The 2012 President’s Budget proposes a five-year-extension of the act that provides funding to historically forest-dependent communities that have been impacted over the last several decades by downturns in the forest-products industry. The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act… Continue Reading