Wood Is Good: Embracing Forest Products
National Forest Products Week celebrates the important role of forests in our environments and economies.
National Forest Products Week celebrates the important role of forests in our environments and economies.
Golden West Pine Mills in Ault, Colo., uses innovative technology that makes small-diameter trees marketable, helping decrease the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire along the Front Range.
The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service, in collaboration with the Colorado State Forest Service, conducts and continuously updates an inventory across all forested lands in Colorado and Wyoming. Certified, highly trained foresters and research associates survey hundreds of permanent research plots annually, measuring 10 percent of the forested plots each year.
John Reading harvests beetle-killed pine, then cuts and mills it on-site at his Tree Farm in the Cherokee Park area of Larimer County.