Released in 2008
September 9, 2008
Released by Major League Baseball--> DISCLAIMER»
Major League Baseball Teams Up with FPL to Address Issues Associated with Broken Bats
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today the following update from the Safety and Health Advisory Committee. The Committee is charged with considering issues of player and fan safety, including those associated with broken bats... more
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July 8, 2008
Researchers
Urge Use of Forest and Agriculture Materials to Create
Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly Global Economy
Four research scientists from the Forest Products Laboratory
(FPL) have proposed an approach to meeting global energy
needs and creating a sustainable, bio-based economy
that would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, reduce
dependence on oil and other fossil fuels, and enhance
the health of the world’s forests... more
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March
25, 2008
Chemist
Receives Fulbright Senior Research Award: Hammel to
conduct research related to carbon cycling in Germany
Dr. Kenneth E. Hammel, research chemist at the US Forest
Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), has been
named recipient of a Fulbright Senior Research Award
by the German-American Fulbright Program. ...
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Released in 2007
Nov. 19 , 2007
North American Softwood Sawmills in Decline: Report details current state and future outlook of softwood sawmill industry
The number of larger, permanent softwood lumber mills in the United States and Canada has shrunk from 1,311 in 1995 to 990 as of June 2007, according to economists at the US Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL). In a report issued this week... more »
Aug. 13 , 2007
Forest Service Announces $1.2 Million in Forest Restoration Partnership Grants
The US Forest Service has awarded $1.2 million as a one-time grant opportunity for forest restoration working partnerships involving the use of woody biomass. more »
Aug. 6 , 2007
Forest
Service Announces Grants for Wood-to-Energy Jump Start Program
$800,000 for a one-time grant program has been awarded to State Foresters to
support the development of projects that will help jump start statewide programs
that implement wood-to-energy-technology. more »
Aug. 6 , 2007
$36
Million Research Facility Coming to Forest Products Laboratory:
Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off construction project
The U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) will soon begin construction
on a new 90,000 square foot Multi-Use Laboratory (MUL). more »
July 26 ,
2007
Local
Biofuels Research Funded by DOE Grants: Projects focus on alternative
fuels production
Scientists at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory received $738,000 in grants
from the U.S. Department of Energy in support of biofuels production research.
Two separate grants were awarded and each project will be funded over a period
of three years. more »
May 10, 2007
Building
Materials Go from Trash to Treasure
The steel and concrete skeletons of new buildings all around Madison might lead
you to believe that construction is the talk of the town. But it’s just
the opposite—deconstruction—that will have the attention of an international
audience next week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. more »
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Published
in February 2007
Feb.
14, 2007
USA TODAY: FPL Fiberboard from Manure Project.What
were your goals coming in as the new director of the Forest Products
Lab in 2001? What did you hope to accomplish?One is we need to rebuild
this place. This building dates to 1931...
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Feb. 13, 2007
Foresting
Nanotechnology and Biofuels. A feature on Chris Risbrudt, Director, Forest
Products Laboratory.
DETROIT
— Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made
from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream... more »
Published in December
Winter 2006 -- Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology
Transfer--Midwest Region
Urgent
Phone Call Rekindles Forest Service Laboratory's Interest in Wood Propellers
and Military Aircraft
In mid-July 2006, an anxious phone call from a leading manufacturer
of airplane propellers to the US Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory
(FPL) rekindled FPL's involvement with wood propellers and research to meet wartime
needs of the U.S. military... more »
Published in October
Oct. 18 , 2006 --
Wisconsin State Journal
Still
working on the war
By Barry Adams
Marc Joyal understands the extreme weather conditions of Iraq better than
most of his coworkers at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison. During
a four-month stint in 2003 at Camp Udairi in Kuwait near the Iraq border,
Joyal, a first sergeant with an aviation unit of the Wisconsin Army National
Guard, saw helicopter blades eaten away by the blowing sand and packages
from home turned to goo by the heat...
Oct. 10 , 2006 --
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Renewable
sources are essential for security and economic progress
A key component to maintaining America's national
security and the health of our economy is our ability to develop alternative
sources of energy and fuel. Doing so will reduce our dependence on foreign
oil and reduce emissions of harmful greenhouse gases... more »
Published in August
Aug. 18 , 2006 --
Engineer Live
New developments for one of the oldest of engineering
materials
Nobody knows for certain whether wood or stone was the first material to
be used by primitive mankind, but there is absolutely no doubt that wood
will have been used from very early as a material for constructing hunting
weapons, hand tools, shelters and so on...
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Published in May 2006
May 7, 2006 --
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Pressure on Plywood
By Nancy Cole
MOUNTAIN PINE — Plywood turned 100 in 2005, but few celebrations were held.
One of the most ubiquitous of wood products has been under assault, and plywood’s survival — not its anniversary —
has been uppermost in the minds of industry participants...
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