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10 Good Reasons to End Logging on Public Lands
... (source: John Muir Project, verified by Congressional Research Services). Taxpayers, not industry, pay for administrating the timber sale program, constructing logging roads, replanting and restoring degraded habitat. The ... timber produced in the United States" (US Forest Service). 72% of the timberland in the US, and most of the highly productive land, is in private ownership. The timber industry ...
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talkingpoints
... they are for use by private industry as commercial wood lots. Commercial timber production is not the ... money-losing nature of the timber sales program on federal public lands. The timber industry has no adequate defense for this. Almost every--if not every--National Forest in the nation is now operating at a net loss to taxpayers. Point out that ending the timber ...
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People and Plants Online - Current Newsletter
... Plants Initiative. The video was produced because woodcarving adds more value to wood than the timber industry, and often creates more jobs and income. Yet throughout the world, government Forest Department support ...
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People and Plants Online - Current Newsletter
... video (Carving a Future) looks at woodcarving, which adds more value to wood than the timber industry, often creating more jobs and income for local people. This video provides 10 lessons aimed ...
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The Grass Roots
... Failed Resource Extraction. It is only possible because of pedal-to-the-metal forestry. The timber industry and Forest Service['s] own euphemism for their energetic approach [to]'productive' forests is " ... Not only will the large swaths of unique old-growth forest ecosystems be extinguished, the timber industry will never again produce the particularly high quality of wood found only in old ...
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American Chestnut Foundation - Wormy Chestnut - a New Perspective
... is caused by the tunneling of the grub of the chestnut timber worm, a beetle (Melittoma sericeum), as it eats its way ... 's research proves that wormy chestnut was well known to the timber industry long before the appearance of the blight. It is also probable ... quotes from W. W. Ashe, 1911, Chestnut in Tennessee. "The chestnut timber worm causes the common defect known as 'wormy chestnut,' a defect ...
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ACBC
... to help growers in all states and climates. The ACBC is an Australia wide industry body, with over 90 grower members (at February 2002) located in all states ... timber industry Facilitate interchange and discussion between members and keep members informed about developments in the industry Develop marketing and an industry strategy for the sale of high quality edible shoots and bamboo culms (timber ...
www.bamboo.org.au

Forestry Commission - Timber Section Homepage
... Timber Section Homepage Home > Quick links > Library > Help > About us > Contact us > News > Search > e-timber sales Timber research Industry Market info Plant health Related news Timber production Timber Britain uses a large amount of timber ... at a cost of about £8 billion. The development of the British timber industry, using wood from Britain's forests, has been a major success story. Over ...
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Centre for Non-Timber Resources
... for Non-Timber Resources Home Programs Faculties, Schools & Centres Centre for Non-Timber Resources News, Events & Upcoming Workshops Goals and Mandate Undergraduate Certificate in Non-Timber Forest Products ... Timber Forest Products (NTFPs).   Policy and stewardship - the centre is working with many partner groups to explore policy which will support sustainable and equitable use of NTFPs. Industry ...
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Non-Timber Forest Products
... Centres Centre for Non-Timber Resources Undergraduate Certificate in Non-Timber Forest Products Home Programs Faculties, Schools & Centres Centre for Non-Timber Resources Undergraduate Certificate in Non-Timber Forest Products ... province, with overall estimates of upwards of $250 million.  The NTFP industry offers the potential of sustainable and diversified economic structures for rural, forest- ...
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