As a small crew worked last week cutting down timber in a spruce-fir forest south of Collbran on Grand Mesa, a rain cloud scudded overhead and moistened the scene. It was an isolated shower, though, ...

Totally Handy, a YouTube channel, recently featured a video demonstration of how a pile of wood scraps can be turned into a distinctive holiday decoration, a Christmas tree formed by the spiral ...

There is a prevailing sense among proponents of mass timber that building with wood is inherently good. This enthusiasm is largely premised on a key assumption that if a tree sequesters carbon as it ...

Many people share a love of trees for their shade, their greenery, their beauty — which is why outrage is often the reaction when they're maliciously cut down. Such incidents are more common than ...

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Decades worth of work from tree geneticists are now colliding with AI and multiplex CRISPR to overcome a major barrier to the sustainable production of wood fibers while improving wood properties.