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Welcome to the New Wood Works Columbia Forest Products proudly presents the all-new Wood Works™ newsletter. It’s been reengineered to pack a more powerful punch chalk full of useful information and resources in a compact, easy-to-peruse format. Wood Works will now be coming to your in-box with greater frequency – every other month instead of […]

Anyone familiar with me is aware that one of my pet peeves is the use of the word “specie” as it applies to an individual “species” within a given genus of trees. I thought I would revisit this topic in this issue, and that the best way to do so would be to refer to […]

The English version of the Hardwood Plywood Grading Guide brought to you by Columbia Forest Products has been updated for 2015. The updates include a new color palette that reflects Columbia’s re-branding efforts from 2013, as well as updates in regards to relevant company information. The digital version is currently online and available to download […]

 Volume 17 Figure in wood… …is a general purpose term used to designate various appearance characteristics that develop through either the normal growth of a tree, external influences on a tree, or even a particular method of removing veneer from a log.  While figure is certainly desirable because of its individual beauty and elegance, it […]