Decomposing logs in Douglas-fir - western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest are systems in which many organisms interact. Fungi in these systems include both mycorrhizal fungi associated with hemlock seedlings and many species of saprotrophic wood decomposer fungi. It is very likely that these two groups of fungi interact...
Many woods are impossible to tell apart without using a microscope. Sometimes, a great deal of knowledge and expensive laboratory equipment is needed to identify a wood species. On the other hand, you don’t have to be an expert or have specialized equipment to identify many species. In fact, an...
Plywood panels collected from thirty seven mills located
throughout the Pacific Northwest they were treated with chromated copper
arsenate Type C (CCA-C) or ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate (ACZA) using
modified full cell and full cell processes respectively. Preliminary
tests were performed to determine plywood sample size, replication, and
treating schedule....
The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...