National Hardwood Lumber Association Receives Grant from the USDA Forest Service
National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA)
Serving NHLA Members engaged in the North American hardwood lumber industry since 1898.
The National Hardwood Lumber Association announced today that it has been awarded a $500,000 matching grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations Program to support and expand markets for the United States hardwood industry.
"We appreciate the USDA Forest Service supporting the hardwood forest industry's important role in ensuring a sustainable future, healthy forests, and robust rural communities," said Dallin Brooks, NHLA Executive Director. "The critical thing to consider with this project is, 'What will move the market back to hardwood decorative products?' The answer is important as we work to make a shift possible. It will be challenging to counteract a decade of construction material choices that have moved the market away from hardwood. However, the Forest Service collaboration lays the groundwork for just that."
NHLA’s focus is to grow and stabilize the hardwood lumber market and industry. The project team will work on several goals to 1) Create online content on hardwood information for architects, specifiers, designers, structural engineers, and other hardwood users. 2) Distribute content to architects, specifiers, designers, structural engineers, and other hardwood users in person and online. 3) Find and enhance communication to hardwood sawmills about optimization and education services provided by the Forest Service, NHLA, and other organizations to improve business operations, increase log yield recovery, find grant opportunities, understand automation, research grading impacts, and workforce development.
“The Forest Service is excited to work with the National Hardwood Lumber Association through the Wood Innovation Program to expand hardwood markets and increase the use of hardwood as a construction material,” said Brian Brashaw, Assistant Director, State, Private & Tribal Forestry, Wood Innovations. “Healthy forests depend on a healthy wood products economy, and this support will directly help improve the management and sustainability of our hardwood forests.”
Congratulations NHLA way to go.
Sales and Marketing Manager at Nyle Dehydrators
1yThis is terrific news, congratulations
Carpenter / Consultant
1yOnly 10% of US hardwood production (from large corporate and state-owned forests) will meet the new #EUDR requirements per American Hardwood Export Council. Y’all doing anything to counter that drop in US hardwood export demand?
I'm looking forward to a great opportunity in education, I wanted to be a elite in the future. I will like to have a part time job in other to support myself.
1yInspiring for me, but am searching for a job?
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1ygood approach from the authorities to support those who use the woods today and try to keep forest to be used tomorroy and forever.