NewsLine - Quarterly newsletter published by the Forest Products Laboratory

Summer 2008 (PDF 949 KB)

• Creating a Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly Global Economy
• Genome Sequencing of White Rot Fungi to Advance Understanding
  of Biomass Conversion
• FPL Research Papers Available to You
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Spring 2008 (PDF 1,341 KB)

• High and Dry: Raised-Wood Foundations Can Avert Flood Damage
• FPL scientist heads to Purdue to promote partnerships
• Meeting the President’s Energy Challenge
• Spotlight on partnerships
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Winter 2008 (PDF 1,200 KB)

• In Search of Sustainability: New facililty aims for net-zero energy and water
• Aldo Leopold Legacy Center Update
• Spotlight on partnerships
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Fall 2007 (PDF 1,015 KB)

• New inspection technologies imrove bridge safety
• Looking inside a city's trees: Technology assesses internal condition of standing trees in an urban environment
• Spotlight on partnerships
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Summer 2007 (PDF 1,500 KB)

• The Forefront of Forest Products Research: New State-of-the-Art Facility Coming to FPL
• Economists project long-range Outlook for forest products industry: New model puts U.S. industry into a global context
• A House that Love Built: FPL and partners have community responsiblity and involvement
• Upcoming Events
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Spring 2007 (PDF 1,461 KB)

• All Decked Out: Building and maintaining a deck that's strong, safe, and stunning
• FPL Scientist Profile: Bob Falk
• FPL Researcher Honored by International Organization
• Upcoming Events
• Ask FPL
• Wood You Believe

Winter 2007 (PDF 1,258 KB)

• FPL Collaborates with the Aldo Leopold Foundation to bring a vision to reality
• FPL Research Demonstration House Update
• Upcoming Events
• News
• Ask FPL

Fall 2006 (PDF 878KB)

• A Flood of Problems: Health Hazard After Flood Waters Recede
• Urgent Phone Call Rekindles Forest Products Laboratory’s Interest in Wood Propellers—
  and Military Aircraft
• Preservative–-Treated Wood
• Ask FPL

Summer 2006 (PDF 759KB)

• Producing Quality Lumber and Pulp from Forest Thinnings
  Collaboration Looks to Maximize Value from Thinning Operations in the West
• Three-Dimensional Engineered Fiberboard:
  Creating New Possibilities in Forest Products
• FPL Research is Basis for Two New Books
• Ask FPL

Spring 2006 (PDF 625KB)

• Using Forest Biomass
• Research Demo House Stands Up to Nature
• Forest Products Society VP Visits FPL Also Inside
• Chinese Academy of Forestry Partnership
• Ask FPL

Winter 2006 (PDF 473 KB)

• Ask FPL
• The Answer Is in the Wood: Police Turn To FPL When Key Evidence Comes From Trees
• Join Us at SmallWood 2006
• Monitoring System for Historic Wooden Bridges
• WERC Workshop Scheduled

Fall 2005 (PDF 464 KB)

• Ask FPL
• Promoting Sustainable Forestry
• Conference to Look at China’s Impact on Forest Products
• Making Ethanol from Biomass
• Economic Update of Softwood Sawmills in North America

Summer 2005 (PDF 641 KB)

• Ask FPL
• Less is More--Reducing Brightness to Make a Better Paper
• Slowing the Spread of Invasive Species
• What’s New at FPL’s Research Demonstration House

Spring 2005 (PDF 553 KB)

• Ask FPL
• Checking Out the Action Underneath the Action at This Year's NCAA Tournament
• FPL Archives Shed Light on Howard Hughes and His Airplane
• What's a Highfalutin Word Like "Nanotechnology" Got To Do With Trees?

Winter 2005 (PDF 621 KB)

• Ask FPL
• Biomass Project Cited
• FPL Joins Universities to Coordinate Research
• FPL and BLM Tackle Invasive Saltcedar
• Playground Project Attracts national Attention
• Two Researchers Honored

Summer 2004 (PDF 479 KB)

• New Soy-Based Adhesive for Bonding Wood
• Partnership for Progress
• FPL Research Leads to Patents

Spring 2004 (PDF 575 KB)

• Wood and Plastic 'Join Forces'
• Stop Me If You've Heard
• Electron Microscope

Winter 2004 (PDF 538 KB)

• Versatility of Small-Diameter Roundwood
• "Wheelchair-friendly" Surface Material
• New Flooring From Old Wood

Summer 2003 (PDF 608 KB)

• Restoration Research and the NFP
• Ask FPL
• New and Notables

Spring 2003 (PDF 649 KB)

• Moisture Nightmares
• Ask FPL
• New and Notables

Winter 2003 (PDF 596 KB)

• Trees...In Space?
• Cleaning Up Papermaking
• 1990s Technology Is Back

Fall 2002 (PDF 362 KB)

• Preserving Wood
• Tackling Termites
• Forest Service Chief Visits the Lab
• FPL Welcomes Interior Secretary

Summer 2002 (PDF 245 KB)

• Old Buildings, New Hope
• Energy From Scrapwood

Spring 2002 (PDF 503 KB)

• Earth Day at FPL
• Water Filters From Wood Fiber
• Finding Uses for Red Maple
• New TAPPI Fellow

Winter 2002 (PDF 285 KB)

• FPL at the Winter Olympics
• FPL's New Director
• Building a Better Home