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Nanocellulose Pilot Plant at Forest Products Lab
Nerve cells growing on nanucellulosearticle here http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=44752Nanocellulose Pilot Plant to be Unveiled at Forest Products Lab Production facility for renewable,...
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Italics mine. The Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory is poised to become the country’s leading producer of forest-based nanomaterials with the opening of a $1.7 million nanocellulose pilot...
View ArticleCSTPR Noontime Seminar: The Human Dimensions of Plug-In Hybrid Electric...
I will be in the air, so can’t see this.. a bit off our usual topics but related, and sounded very interesting… Here’s the link. It’s at 12 MT. Abstract: This research explores the effect of feedback...
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Colorado: Green Industries With Wood
Meanwhile, while Montanans and Oregonians seem to be ambivalent about the industries they have, entrepreneurial Coloradans are still working on getting an industry so as to avoid burning dead...
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Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery
From tree to battery (Image: Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library) We have been talking about uses of wood… there are some on the research horizon of interest. Here’s an article from New Scientist....
View ArticleMLB, U.S. Forest Service decreases bat shatter rate
Summertime brings to mind more than wildfires… Here’s a link… below is an excerpt. As the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) season slides into the All-Star break, U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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National Forest map app now available for Android, iOS devices
Thanks to Bob Berwyn’s blog for this one.. here is the link and below is an excerpt: “This mobile app makes it easier than ever to plan your visit to a national forest or grassland,” U.S. Forest...
View ArticleCitizen forest planners using GIS
This seems like a strange source for hearing about evolution in forest planning policy, but here is what the Region 6 regional forester is telling the world. It’s not something I remember serious...
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Sign of the Times?
Funny seeing an “8 in 1 Survival Kit” advertisement on a ‘climate warrior’ gloom and doom website. The advertiser specializes in “Outdoor and Urban Survival”. A list of what is in there makes me laugh....
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New Technology Grants: 79 Mill from DOE, Including Improving Wood Heating
What NOT to do in fire country. Whatever the color of the Administration, the relatively obscure wheels of scientific research and development continue along well-worn paths (whether the wording of...
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Cool New Tool for Coloradans: Recreation Impact Monitoring System
If there were a The Smokey Wire Fix Not Fight Timely Innovation Award, this effort by the Colorado Mountain Club would be a winner. We’ve been talking about keeping track of recreation impacts and here...
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Touchless reforestation
Drone technology is being used for tree-planting in response to afforestation and carbon sequestration needs, including use after wildfires. How might this change national forest management? To...
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Cool Technologies Round-up: Wolves, Eagles, Sheep, Seed and Satellites
I’ve seen a variety of cool new technologies so thought I’d put them all in one post. Drone seeding (if you watched the Bladon wildfire and hydrology seminar, you might reflect that aerial seeding in...
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Forest Service Geneticist Makes the New York Times: Olympic National Forest,...
The Maple Fire in Olympic National Forest in Washington in 2018 burned 3,300 acres.Credit…USDA Forest Service Here’s a link to an interesting New York Times story. In the spring and summer of 2018, a...
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Moo calves disco up the Green River, griz and wolves not invited: from Wyofile
Somewhere along the lines of discussing prescribed fire and slash burning, someone raised the point of “don’t our technologies allow us to monitor hot spots better?” Which reminded me of this “cool...
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Friday News Roundup: Including Virtual Fencing, Light Impacts on Wildlife,...
It’s summertime.. Time to watch out for rattlesnakes in reservoirs! Thanks to the Cowboy State Daily. (I forgot to put the link previously so here it is.) “They actually cross Boysen all the time....
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Thoughts on DxP and Some Cool New Technical Innovations for Tree Marking:...
Note from Sharon.. Based on the earlier discussion Jon started here of DxP, I asked Eli Jensen of Ironwood Forestry to add his two cents and also talk about some of his cool technologies. I wanted the...
View ArticleImproving public access to public lands
We have discussed “corner crossings” and other barriers to public land access resulting from land ownership patterns. Overlaying this is another barrier – availability of information about the extent...
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Researchers develop better way to make painkiller from trees
Here’s a link, thanks to Forest Business Network. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way to make a popular pain...
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