Angel City Lumber says it will likely be able to produce enough low-cost, millwork-grade board for 500 rebuilt homes—and provide some closure along with them. Recycling after natural disasters is a ...

We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

TORNADOES, HELL AND FLASH FLOODING AND WHEN TREES FALL DOWN IN THE METRO, THE MAJORITY GO TO THE DEBRIS DROP-OFF SITES. BUT A SELECT FEW HAVE A FUTURE IN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FURNITURE CAME. IT’S NICE.

SEATTLE — When a tree falls in the city, does it make a table? Or a guitar or a cabinet? “Ten to 15 years ago, nobody knew what urban wood was,” said Paul Hickman, founder and CEO of Urban Ashes, a ...

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The Conservation Corps of Long Beach recently launched its urban lumber program – which, officials say, will plant more trees in the city, train youth for the lumber industry and help fight climate ...

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Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna has received lumber milled from the 2021 Rockefeller Christmas tree which will be used for Habitat homes on Manor Road in Elkton and Erie Street in Havre de Grace.

Following the holiday season, what happens to all the pine trees cut for the occasion? WDET's Bre'Anna Tinsley explores tree ...