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*The WoodPro Files....*
•	On the Issue of Wood Co-firing of Coal-Fired Power Plants
•	The Truth about Sawmill Over-Run
•	Going Green with a Black Locust Deck
•	The Wood Pellet Industry in Pennsylvania
•	Trends in Hardwood Lumber Demand
•	The US Housing Crisis - Overbuilt and Overbought
•	Federal Income Taxes: Four Essential "To-Do's" for Forest Landowners
•	Changing the Organization
•	Survival of the Fittest
•	Self-organizing microtubule networks and their role in wood science (text & video)
•	Environmental Scanning: Looking "Outside" for Strategic Intelligence
•	Bark-Free Pallets - A Summary of the Issue
•	Bark-Free Pallets? The Issue Facing the World's Wooden Pallet Industry
•	On sharing cost information with customers
•	Energy from Wood!
•	The best of times, the worst of times
•	Lean Manufacturing for the Wood Products Industry
•	WoodPro 2004 Conference Highlights
•	The Great Maple Stain of 2002
•	Is Your Company in Double Jeopardy?
•	Tools that Help Level the Playing Field (Stage 1: Analyzing Constraints)
•	Tools that Help Level the Playing Field (Stage 2: Re-prioritizing Goals)
•	Tools that Help Level the Playing Field (Stage 3: Re-allocation of resources)
•	Web Browsing Tips for the Wood Industry Professional

•	Opposition to biomass power in Mass. spurs study, suspension of RPS approval (12-11-09)
•	NYC Aborts Green Building Plan (12-9-09)
•	Brazil to Propose 10% Forest-Credit Cap in Copenhagen (12-1-09)
•	Solution to forestry problem? Buy wood (12-5-09)
•	Lumber could be the new oil (12-2-09)
•	Tembec makes settlement offer to union (12-10-09)
•	Report paints painful picture for Canada papermakers (12-10-09)
•	Fraser Papers wants to sell Gorham paper mill (12-9-09)
•	Recovery bypassing forest sector (12-9-09)
•	Future of a potential Massachusetts biofuel plant is uncertain (12-9-09)
•	Loggers say wet weather made for tough year (12-9-09)
•	Positive Timber Forecasts Met by Wary Mills (12-9-09)
•	Metsäliitto prepares more production cutbacks (12-9-09)
•	Walden, Schrader Push For Biomass, Forest Thinning (12-9-09)
•	Buying of "green building products" to increase (12-9-09)
•	Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests (11-23-09)
•	Metso to supply energy and pulping technology to CMPC, Chile (12-9-09)
•	Wood product manufacturers' association condemns EPA finding on carbon (12-8-09)
•	Warrenton sawmill sold (12-8-09)
•	Tembec mill in Manitoba put up for sale (12-8-09)
•	Hardwood Fiber Costs for the Global Pulp Industry have Surpassed the Cost for Softwood Fiber in 2009 (12-3-09)
•	Biomass Utilization, Rain Forests and Their Effect on the U.S. Carbon Footprint (12-1-09)
•	Public Comments Identify Key Concerns for National Wood Packaging Rule (12-1-09)
•	Quality Control Strategies for Lumber and Wooden Pallet Companies (12-1-09)
•	Sawmill and Treating Insights: Heat Treatment and Drying Schedules for Pallets: A Pilot Study (12-1-09)
•	Lorne Gunter: Cooking the climate change books (11-25-09)
•	Bioenergy Update: A Biofuels/Biorefinery Development Report Card (2009)
•	European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990 (11-20-09)
•	Forest Service says trees can slow climate change (11-19-09)
•	What Americans Need to Know About the Copenhagen Global Warming Conference (11-17-09)
•	Governor Announces Recovery Act Grant for Wood Pellet Facility in John Day (11-10-09)
•	Fraser Papers set to reopen Plaster Rock mill after nine-month closure (11-7-09)
•	Lumber Industry Sees Hopeful Signs of Slow Recovery Starting In 2010 (11-10-09)
•	EcoBlu Products Introduces New Glulam Beam at NAWLA Traders Market (11-10-09)
•	Canadian paper industry defends against IEA environmental criticism (11-9-09)
•	Forests minister heading to China to sell B.C. wood (11-4-09)