New research from N.C. State suggests harvesting wood debris after logging doesn't have a major impact on small animal populations. Wood pellets made from scraps left behind after clear-cutting are ...

Moore said the idea of a timber harvest is to mimic a natural disaster, such as a tornado or an ice storm. He explained that ...

Two summers ago, Angus Mossman ’18 spent hours in the Yale-Myers Forest picking up decaying logs and looking for salamanders to conduct research for his senior thesis. Mossman’s research investigated ...

There are untold energy sources all around us, if we can just figure out how to tap into them. Swiss researchers have now demonstrated an environmentally friendly way to make spongy wood flooring that ...

A Swiss-based research collaboration has increased the efficiency of wood for piezoelectric-based energy harvesting by transforming its structure using a fungus rather than a chemical process. Energy ...

Before the invention of mechanical harvesting machinery in the later 19th century, harvesting grain in the region was often communal. Reports have more than a hundred harvesters in a single gang ...

A material that’s been around since people built shelters – wood – is increasingly being proposed for low- and mid-rise buildings. As an economist who studies forestry and natural resources, I took an ...

The local solid waste agency and City Hall want to see if it makes sense to harvest wood from flood-damaged homes to keep it out of the landfill after demolition. The two government entities will ...

HOBART (WLUK) -- The village of Hobart continues to deal with storm damage from nearly two years ago, and with tight budgets, village officials have come up with a creative way to deal with the mess - ...