National Forest Products Week

On the 12th Day of Christmas, the forest gave to me…

On the 12th Day of Christmas, the forest gave to me... 12 saplings growing 11 pine trees pining 10 loggers leaping 9 sawyers sawing 8 fires a’burning 7 drones a’flying 6 sawmills milling 5 loads of logs 4 trees a'falling 3 fellers bunching 2 skidders skidding And a forester in a fir tree

Hardwood Saw Log Animation

This is the most common and widely used method of sawing hardwood logs. This method produces the widest possible boards with the least amount of log waste. Each log and board keeps carbon stored - turning our homes and furnishings into climate solutions. Forests provide powerful climate solutions; forest management is how we deliver those solutions for today and tomorrow, and wood products sourced from our forests are how we sustain them.

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Trees are Carbon Superheroes

Climate change is turning the trees into hungry carbon-storing superheroes. Researchers find that trees are getting bigger, thanks to carbon dioxide Example article: https://news.osu.edu/climate-change-is-turning-the-trees-into-gluttons/

Quote | Michael Green “Forestry positive potential impact”

holiday card from #forestproud

Urban Trees = Storm Guardians

Urban Trees are Climate Powerhouses

The Real Deal on Carbon Credits

Do the Doodle Dance | AKA Forest Management for Woodcocks

How do you fight wildfires?

How do you fight a wildfire? - Removing excess fuels - Prescribed fire & controlled burns - Fire adapted communities - Defensible fire breaks around house - Planting the right species, anticipatory planting based on climate SOURCE: https://www.dailyinfographic.com/fighting-wild-fires

Top 5 Challenges Faces Forests

Sustainable Forestry | A Cycle on Repeat

What is Embodied Carbon?

Pallets are Positive

In 2020, the first EPD was completed for wood pallets It showed that over their lifecycle, wood pallets can have a net positive carbon impact Meaning that from cradle to grave They store more carbon and help reduce other emissions Making wood pallets a positive choice for the planet palletcentral.com

RePallet

RePallet DYK? More than 2 billion wood pallets are used in the U.S. every day If you were to stack them end to end they would reach the moon SIX TIMES. Not impressed? 95% of them are recovered, repaired, or recycled. That’s sustainability in action. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. RePallet. https://www.palletcentral.com/

What does the Circular Economy Do?

The Circular Economy Works At All Scales

Circular Economy | definition

What is the Circular Economy?

Building w/ Forests

Building w/ Forests Forests make everything better. products hiking and camping breathing When we build with forests, we make our climate better. Every cubic meter of wood used as a substitute for other materials reduces CO2 emissions by more than a ton.

EP-What? Environmental Product Declarations

EP-What? Environmental Product Declarations Sometimes making choices is hard. EPDs make comparing products and materials easy Like a report card for the Earth, they track the impact a product or material has on the planet from cradle to grave. So you can be sure that your climate solution Is actually a climate solution.

Signs of a Healthy Urban Tree

What is Climate Smart Forestry?

Forest Management is a Wildfire Solution

Forest Management + Fire

Pallet-able Recycling

In 2018 the U.S. Forest Service and Virginia Tech. teamed up to explore wood pallet recycling. They discovered that in that year, 508 million new pallets were manufactured. Out of these, 95 % of them were recovered, repaired, or recycled. That’s an A+ recycling rate.

Make It Real | A Christmas Story

Wildfire Emissions & Climate

It's easy to see the negative impact wildfire has on forests and property, but it's not so easy to see the impact it has on our climate. Scientists estimate that wildfires have emitted more than 8 billion tons of CO2....every year....for the last 20 years. Forest management helps reduce the risk of wildfire. Fewer catastrophic wildfires = fewer unchecked emissions. Forest provide powerful climate solutions, and forest management is how we deliver them.

Wildfire & Climate Feedback Loop

Wildfire and the Climate Feedback Loop

Cost of Wildfire Management

Wildfire suppression costs are increasing.

7 Benefits of Prescribed Fire

1. Removing hazardous fuels 2. improve forest health 3. economic gain 4. reduce risk to communities 5. aesthetics 6. farm and brush management 7. wildlife habitat improvement Source: https://southernforests.org/fire/prescribed-fire/benefits-of-prescribed-fire

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How Forests Make Our Lives Better.

How do forests make our lives better? They filter the air we breathe. They clean our water. And forests and forest products lock up carbon.

Lock it Up!

Trees and wood products lock away carbon.

Circular Economy

What is the Circular Economy? Our current economic system is based on the consumption of finite resources that creates waste. A circular economy actively seeks way to design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural environments. This approach works at a global as well as a local level. The circular economy redefines growth balancing economic benefits with social and economic benefits.

Lifecycle Assessments

What is a Lifecycle Assessment? LCA's look at emissions from all phases of a products lifespan: extraction, transportation, manufacturing, and disposal. This provides a total carbon footprint for products and materials. Materials like wood and fiber are renewable, recyclable, and store carbon. When we choose natural, renewable, plant-based materials we turn carbon and climate problems, into climate solutions!

Deforestation

Deforestation is the permanent conversion of forest to another use (e.g. agriculture, development, etc.). Globally, it is a major contributor to climate change as there are less trees and fewer forests to absorb and sequester carbon. Fortunately, deforestation is not a problem in North America. Thanks to sustainable forestry and forest management choices focused on long-term forest health, we grow, harvest, and regrow forests on a never-ending cycle.

Circular Economy & Forest Products

The circular economy happens in two cycles: the biological and the technical. Bio-based materials like wood, pulp, food, and cotton are consumed and then fed back into the system through process like composting. Technical cycles are where products and materials are restored and recovered through reuse, repair, or (in the last resort) recycling. Forest products work in both cycles to help us design waste our of our economic system and regenerate and restore natural environments.

Consumers & Climate Solutions (U.S.)

DYK? The chain reaction to planting trees starts with purchasing decisions. Buying renewable and sustainable forest products incentivizes landowners to keep their lands forested. Without demand for forest products, forests are at risk of permanent clearing for other uses (aka: Deforestation). Strong markets are essential for keeping forests as forests. Conscious consumers like you are the key to natural climate solutions.

Drinking Water & Forests

DYK? More than half of the drinking water in the U.S. comes from a forest. Healthy forests = Clean water.

Clean Water, Clean Planet

Clean Water = Clean Planet. With more than half of the drinking water in the U.S. originating in a forest, healthy forests are essential to clean water. And clean water is essential to a healthy planet.

Forests Make Our Lives Better

Forests make our lives better. They filter the air we breathe. They clean our water. And forests and forest products lock up carbon.

Climate Problem –> Solution

Forest products offer renewable and sustainable alternatives to plastics, steel, concrete, and fossil fuels. Together, forests and forest products provide innovative and powerful solutions for climate change. #forestproud

Forest certification helps you make better choices

Forest Cover in the U.S.

DYK? Forests cover about 1/3 (33%) of the U.S.?

Forest Cover in Canada

DYK forests cover 38% of Canada? That is more than 1/3 of the total area of the country. It is among the most forested countries in the world.

Carbon Storage in Landscapes

Natural climate solutions increases carbon storage in landscapes

Natural Climate Solutions Fight Climate Change

Natural Climate Solutions Fight Climate Change.

5R’s | Forest Circular Economy

The five R's of the Forest Circular Economy: Regrow, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, and Replant.

Forests are a climate solution

Where does carbon go?

Forests are a carbon sink and a climate solution. But do you know where the carbon goes in a forest? Check it out. Get a more detailed infographic here to expand on this GIF: https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/products/48deb/what-is-a-carbon-sink

Consumers & Climate Solutions (Canada)

DYK? The chain reaction to planting trees starts with purchasing decisions. Buying renewable and sustainable forest products incentivizes landowners to keep their lands forested. Without demand for forest products, forests are at risk of permanent clearing for other uses (aka: Deforestation). Strong markets are essential for keeping forests as forests. Conscious consumers like you are the key to natural climate solutions.

Forest Supply Chain

Ever wonder what happens to a tree from a sustainably managed forest? Download this animated clip or pull the full video here: https://vimeo.com/549621459

#forestproud

What does #forestproud mean?     It means keeping forests as forests to fight climate change.   It means choosing renewable and sustainable materials.  It means replanting trees and regrowing forests.     #forestproud

The Mass Timber Effect

If we double the number of mass timber buildings every year, the building industry could store more carbon than it emits by 2034

Wood Volume in the Southeast

Over the last 40 years, wood volume in the U.S. southeast has increased dramatically

Forestland Conversion

The leading cause of deforestation in the U.S. is land conversion. If landowners cannot make a living growing trees and managing forests, then the land will be converted to another use - agriculture, housing development, etc.

Preserved Wood

Wood stores carbon. Preserved wood stores it for even longer.

Forests are the best investment we can make (2 types of trees!)

Forests are the best investment we can make in our future and it's why we rely on foresters to keep them healthy.