A Decade Through Time & Mass Timber

A Decade Through Time & Timber: Visiting France’s Sensations CLT Block to Writing About Mass Timber in America (2015-2025) Author and Photos by Talking Forests  It’s incredible to think back over the last decade, like what?! The evolution of mass timber construction has blown up. Candra’s journey began in 2015, researching this innovative building method…

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2022 Women’s Forest Congress Experience and Camp Ripley Tour

Author and Photos by Candra Burns of Talking Forests  People who identify as women within the forest community have been creating an in-person congress for two years. We finally came together in a 4-day event in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our schedule had events towards a common goal of coming together and marching towards a better future…

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Tree Planting Should Be a Conscious Choice

Authors: Lindsay Lights Forintos and Candra Burns A child of the city says they are tired of grey! They want to see green!! What is green and renewable? A tree, to be exact. This child’s dream is to lay under a full tree canopy and look up at the leaves rustling in the wind. Children…

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Maryland Forests Association Faces of Forestry: Senator Bailey ~ Episode 70

Maryland Forests Association “Faces of Forestry” features Senator Bailey this month. He grew up on his grandparent’s 120-acre farm on the water in Southern Maryland. ~From the crops, to horses, to time spent with his grandfather and father hunting and fishing, farm and forest land shaped Bailey’s formative years and his conservationist mindset. He eventually…

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Oregon Women in Timber ~ Quinn Allen ~ Episode 69

October is National Forest Products Month and National Forest Products Week is October 18th – 22nd this year! We are celebrating with Oregon Women in Timber episodes. See them here: www.orwit.org ~ Our second guest is Quinn Allen. ~She said “I am a recent graduate of Southwestern Oregon Community College, with a certificate in Forest…

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Oregon Women in Timber ~ Corinne Walters ~ Episode 68

October is National Forest Products Month and National Forest Products Week is October 18th – 22nd this year! We are celebrating with Oregon Women in Timber episodes. See them here: www.orwit.org ~ Our first guest is Corinne and she is an inspiration with an engineering background. We enjoyed learning more about her work and her…

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