July

• Wednesday, July 19 – Saturday, July 22:  Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) Fair, Las Vegas, NV. An annual woodworking show that attracts over 15,000 attendees and hundreds of exhibitors from through the United States and abroad.
• Tuesday, July 25:  Mass Timber Workshop , Grand Rapids, MI.
• Grant Approved NHLA Inspection Training, Antigo, WI. The course is specifically for employees of Wisconsin companies and has state grant monies available to assist with the cost.

August

• Monday, Aug. 7 – Thursday, Aug. 10:  Kiln Drying Short Course, Antigo WI.
• Wednesday, Aug. 9 – Thursday, Aug. 10:  14th Wood Adhesion Short Course, by the Wood-Based Composites Center. Corvallis, OR.
• Thursday, Aug. 17:  Architectural Woodwork Association – Great Lakes Chapter Annual Member Meeting in Traverse City, MI.  Topics include workforce development, education, engaging the design community, and plant tours.
• Monday, Aug. 21 – Wednesday, Aug. 23:  Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA) Fall Conference and Plant Tour, Grand Rapids, MI.

September

• Thursday, Sept. 7 – Saturday, Sept. 9:  Great Lakes Logging Expo, Escanaba, MI.
• Tuesday, Sept. 12 – Friday, Sept. 15:  Forest Products Society, Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation of Wood Symposium, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison WI.
• Monday, Sept. 18 – Wednesday, Sept. 20: Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course, Pewamo, MI.
• Thursday, Sept. 21:  Sawing, Edging and Trimming Class, Pewamo, MI.

The one-day short-course required to gain certification to grade under the Wisconsin Local Use Dimension Lumber Grading system will be offered for Wisconsin sawmill operators on Aug. 22, 2017 and Feb. 27, 2018.

Aug. 22, 2017 DNR Service Center in Green Bay, WI

Feb. 27, 2018 DNR Service Center in Rhinelander, WI

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Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) actively manages more than 219,000 acres of forested tribal lands, and operates a sawmill and lumber drying operation located in Neopit, Wisconsin. MTE installed a Biomass Combined Heat and Power District Energy project at the sawmill in the spring of 2016. The energy system provides heat for kilns, mill processing space (~150,000 sq ft,), and the office space. The project was implemented to replace aging boiler equipment, improve local air quality, reduce operating costs, and increase sales of mill residuals. Continue reading “Biomass Combined Heat and Power project in Neopit” →

The following article is being reprinted by permission from the Forest Business Network.

IKD, a Boston-based architectural design firm, has been awarded $250,000.00 for a two-year United States Forest Service (USFS) Wood Innovations Grant to fund the development of Hardwood Cross Laminated Timber (Hardwood CLT) and the construction of the first Hardwood CLT project here in the United States. Read more here.

DNR’s Forest Products Services Program published articles and information about forest product utilization and marketing, wood processing and drying, innovative wood technologies, and program news in the Wisconsin Wood Marketing Bulletin for more than 30 years. Recently, this newsletter content was merged into the DNR Division of Forestry’s news feed and rebranded as “Forest Products News.” Wisconsin Wood Marketing Bulletin subscribers will continue to receive similar news and information, but this new format will improve the delivery and consistency of content for the Department’s news subscribers. Continue reading “New format for forest products news” →