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2009
Fall	The Lacey Act: Implications for the Forest Products Industry (workshop announcement) OWIC/Forest Business Solutions Research Briefs New Publication: Communicating the Green Advantages of Wood to Your Customers
Summer	OWIC Newsletter changes format The New Lacey Act: What You Can “Do” To Show “Due Care” The Green Structural Materials Gap Analysis Project: Preliminary Research Findings
April	Implementation for Lacey Amendment proposed by APHIS Wood Adhesion Short Course (June 3-4, Corvallis OR) Graduating Student Profiles: Vardan Rathi and Matthew Schwarzkopf Keeping the Oregon Forest Industry Directory up to date Registration open for Wood-Based Composite Science online course series Celebrate Fernhopper Day
March	The Current Economic Situation: How did we get here and where do we go from here? OWIC Forms Advisory Council Keeping the Oregon Forest Industry Directory Up-to-Date OWIC on Facebook New Wood-Based Composite Science Online Course Series Graduating Student Profile: Michael Shew
February	New Wood-Based Composite Science Online Course Series The Current Economic Situation: How did we get here and where do we go from here? A REAL Value-Added Wood Product
January	UK Government Reviews Certification Standards 2009 Starker Lecture Series Quality Innovation Connection

2008
December	The Year in Review EPA to Investigate Formaldehyde Emissions from Wood Composites
November	Graduate Research Assistantship Positions New Guide to Wood Energy Forest Cluster Economic Strategy Briefing Wooden Baseball Bats Correction and Update
October	Managing For Innovation: Improving Metrics Lacey Act: How Will This Impact Forest Product Companies? Interested in Exporting?
September	Managing for Innovation: Points to Ponder Ask the Expert - Preferred sort specifications for mills
August	David Smith Joins Wood Science and Engineering Faculty Enhancing Innovation in Oregon's Forest Cluster Opportunity to Comment on USGBC Certified Wood Revisions
July	Business Systems Innovation in the Forest Industry Baseball Bats Meet Medical Science
June	Product Innovation in the Forest Industry Ask the Expert - slow or fast-grown ash for baseball bats?
May	Understanding Innovation and Innovativeness Ask the Expert - wood shrink/swell, air movement in drying
April	OWIC - What do we do? Featured Researcher: Connie Love Ask the Expert - steaming and durability, wood movement in furniture Selling Forest Products
March	Is your company looking for employees? Featured Researcher: Peter Kitin Selling Forest Products Ask the Expert - drying Douglas-fir timbers, snow load on cabin roof, log prices Biomass News
February	How Does a House Fair in a Tsunami? Featured Researcher: John Nairn Ask the Expert - moisture content for moulding, Douglas-fir wax, timber theft laws Selling Forest Products Bioeconomy and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Center
January	Storm Damage on the North Oregon Coast: A Potential Business Opportunity Featured Researcher: Jim Wilson Instructor in Wood Products Manufacturing Ask the Expert - acidity in wood mulch Connecting Buyers and Sellers of Oregon Forest Products

2007
December	Housing Market Outlook Looking for Employees? Forestry and Green Building: Making connections in Oregon Instructor in Wood Products Manufacturing Ask the Expert - incense cedar decking, log grading Events of Interest
November	New Green Building Rating System USDA Multi-Use Laboratory New Fire Building Codes in California Featured Researcher: Camille Freitag Ask the Expert - regional moisture content in wood, hybrid poplar log markets, powderpost beetles, durability of myrtlewood Events of Interest
October	The Softwood Market in India: An Overview 2008 Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper Products Featured Researcher: Charles Brunner Ask the Expert - hybrid poplar log markets, moisture content in wood Events of Interest
September	What Lean Can Do For Your Wood Products Business? Featured Researcher: Lech Muszynski 'America's Dynamic Workforce': A report from the U.S. Department of Labor Ask the Expert - pacific madrone flooring, shrinkage in lattice panels, peeler core business Events of Interest
August	How will California's New Formaldehyde Regulation Impact Your Firm? Featured Researcher: Kate McCulloh Financial Assistance Programs for Oregon Businesses Ask the Expert - stain in pines, one-sided tolerances Oregon Biofuels and Biomass Report Events of Interest
July	Oregon's Workforce: What is the Future? Featured Researcher: Rakesh Gupta The Quality-Innovation Connection Ask the Expert - strength differences between western and eastern Oregon ponderosa pine; buyers for black walnut trees Workshop Announcement: Biomass: From Feedstock to Product
June	California Regulates Formaldehyde Emissions of Panel Products; workshop announcement Featured Researcher: Milo Clauson Society of American Foresters' new report - The State of America's Forests Ask the Expert - source of willow wood for 19th centry glider; small-scale wood-fired power generators
May	Forest products trade between US and China What's all the buzz about biomass? Ask the Expert - list of Oregon dry kilns; mold on redwood siding Featured Researcher: Barb Lachenbruch
April	China - Overview of a Changing Country Need Funds for a Business Idea? - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) training Architectural Design with Wood conference information Oregon Forest Industry Educational Needs Assessment Discussion Forums - Recent questions & answers on lumber grading, drying, and SPC Featured Researcher: Jim Reeb Selling Forest Products conference information The Great Materials Debate: And the winner is... Timber! Forest Products Society Willamette Valley Chapter Meeting - 5/15, Wilsonville, OR
March	Western Juniper Update - Part 2 Green Building Systems: Comparing Two Systems Do You Know Where Your Wood Comes From? Ask the Expert - estimating value of downed trees; target moisture content for large timbers Lean Thinking in the Secondary Wood Products Industry Featured Researcher: Scott Leavengood Selling Forest Products conference information
February	Western Juniper Update - Part 1 Ideas are Free - A Book Review Ask the Expert - building a small DH kiln; seeking a source for white oak logs & lumber ACC Denied Residential Registration by EPA Featured Researcher: Fred Kamke Forest Products Management Development conference information
January	"It's a Moisture Problem..." Want to Learn about Southeastern Hardwoods? Featured Researcher: Mike Milota Innovative Oregon Companies Undergraduates Put Their Experience to Work Ask the Expert - who develops and enforces lumber grading rules? Archiectural Design with Wood conference information

2006
December	Oregon Forest Industry Directory: New and Improved Want to Learn about Southeastern Hardwoods? Calling on All Innovators! We Need Your Stories How Do Industry Managers View Innovativeness? Ask the Expert - sample size for sawmill quality control; controlling sapstain in the log yard Forest Products Management Development conference information Featured Researcher: John Simonsen
November	CORRIM is Seeing Green - Research Overview What's Happening at OWIC? Ask the Expert - using treated lumber for raised-bed gardens Struggling with Succession: New Workbook and DVD Help Families Plan Across Generations Featured Researcher: Kaichang Li OWIC Forest Business Brief - Overview of Starting a New Business
October	Who Will Own the Forest 3 - Conference Overview Statistical Process Control for the Wood Products Industry OWIC Forest Business Briefs Global Markets and Western Forests Declining Housing Market: How Does it Impact the Industry? Featured Researcher: Eric Hansen What's New with OWIC? Ask the Expert - sawing and drying large timbers OSU Lumber Drying Workshop
September	What is the Oregon Wood Innovation Center and what can it do for you? Ask the Expert - new feature for OWIC Oregon Forest Industry Directory Discussion Forums Featured Researcher: Chris Knowles

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