Management of the world's forests can play a role for climate change mitigation by increasing CO₂ storage in vegetation biomass and harvested wood products, and by displacing CO₂-intensive materials such as steel or concrete. This study aimed to determine how management of boreal forest stands...

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of producing OSB from softwood species used in the Eastern Canadian softwood lumber industry in the context of the overcapacity of softwood chips traditionally produced for the pulp and paper industry. Balsam fir, black spruce, and jack pine logs were...

Integrating forest biomass procurement in wood procurement for conventional products is a potential means of reducing bioenergy system supply costs. We studied forest harvest operations to procure biomass in the form of trees and tree sections, along with sawtimber and pulpwood. We evaluated the...

A major challenge for the forestry sector is providing Indigenous communities a fairer share of benefits resulting from forest-based development. This can be achieved by building Corporate-Indigenous Community Economic Partnerships (CICEPs). However, this avenue requires a better understanding of:...

The North American temperate deciduous forests are an important source of hardwoods sought after by the appearance wood products industries. The purpose of this study was to model the relationships between log characteristics and sawn board attributes in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and...

12 years old trees from 20 progenies/provenances of Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi, [Lamb.] Carr.), planted in Quebec, were sampled to study the variation in selected mechanical properties. Two standard wood samples and one 10-mm diameter increment core were taken from each tree at breast height....

Wood pellets from two port storage silos and four pellet plants (manufacturing facilities) in British Columbia and one pellet plant in Quebec and wood chips used for pellet production from British Columbia were cultured to identify the viable fungi that were present. Living fungal pathogens and...

The import activity of wooden prefabricated buildings in the Northeastern US region was over CAD 41.8 million during 2019, according to the US Census Bureau. This amount was growing at a 12.5% annual rate on average since 2017. There is evidence of a continued shortfall in supply for the...

Natural disturbances such as pest outbreaks have a significant impact on forest dynamics and services, including the loss of mature stands. From a wood production perspective, these disturbances can lead to long-lasting imbalances in the overall age-class structure of the forest, potentially...

A reliable assessment of forest carbon sequestration depends on our understanding of wood ecophysiology. Within a forest, trees exhibit different timings and rates of growth during wood formation. However, their relationships with wood anatomical traits remain partially unresolved. This study...