It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
February 22, 2013 at 9:00 am by Amanda Cooke
From wood churches to a wood Wal-Marts, here's your tree news from around the world this week:
- Check out this wood Wal-Mart, coming soon to our nation's capital [The Washington Post, hat tip to Melissa Moeller]
- "One thing that really divides Norway is bark," said Lars Mytting, author of the book "Solid Wood" [The New York Times]
- A British architectural photographer is on a mission to document Russia's wooden churches before it's too late [The New York Times]
- Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute is researching thermal modification to make wood more rot resistant [Duluth News Tribune]
- Honey from forestland in Central India is sweetening Iowans' lives [The Times of India]
- Emerald ash borer decoys could minimize spread of the of ash-killing beetles [ScienceDaily]
- Bye-bye, plastic bag? Rosin and turpentine derived from trees are rich in hydrocarbons, similar though not identical to some components of petroleum [ScienceDaily]
- Of course this trend started in the United States: Forests in northeast England are holding zombie running events, where people are chased through the trees by costumed flesh eaters [BBC News]
- Tasmanian kelp forests you didn’t know existed are disappearing [Smithsonian.com]
- Andy Fast, an American Tree Farm System® Certified Tree Farmer and Inspector from New Hampshire, is the recipient of our 2013 National Leadership Award [ATFS Newsroom]
- AFF has been helping lead an effort to put forest products into the USDA BioPreferred program, where they belong. Read about this effort and more in our Winter E-Newsletter! [AFF]
Photo shows a rendering of a proposed design for a Wal-Mart store in the District of Columbia.
