Northeastern Area

Wood Education and Resource Center

Press Releases

• WERC Hosts Workshop on Responsible Wood Procurement Program
  

• Forest Service awards over $1.4 million to enhance hardwood forests
• Tree Decay Video Funded by WERC Released
  

• Workshop on Managing and Understanding the Hispanic Workforce Scheduled in Princeton, WV (04/20/09)
• Workshops in Princeton, WV, and Raleigh, NC, Benefit Businesses in Wood Products Industry (03/12/09)

• Wood Education and Resource Center Launches New Online Training Information Exchange System (10/24/08)
• Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/27/08)
• Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/27/08)
• Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/27/08)
• Young Furniture Manufacturing Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/27/08)
• Penn State University Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/26/08)
• University of Minnesota Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/25/08)
• National Hardwood Lumber Association Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/24/08)
• Maine Forest Service Awarded a Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/23/08)
• North Carolina State University Awarded a Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/23/08)
• CuddleBug Firewood and Forestry Products Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/12/08)
• Haywood Community College Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/12/08)
• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/12/08)
• Agri-Tech Producers, LLC, Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/9/08)
• Concord University Awarded Grant by U.S.Forest Service (06/5/08)
• Conway and Robison, LLC, Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/4/08)
• Architectural Woodwork Institute Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/3/08)
• National Network of Forest Practitioners Awarded Grant by U.S. Forest Service (6/2/08)
• Allison Tree Care, Inc., Awarded Grant by the U.S. Forest Service (5/27/08)
• SMALLWOOD 2008 and Bioenergy & Wood Products, (05 13-15/07)
• Sustainable Forest Industries Conference Scheduled in Madison, Wisconsin (05/07/08)
• USDA Forest Service Awards Over $1.5 Million to Enhance Hardwood Forests (5/6/08)
• New Software Tools Available for Sawmill Efficiency Analysis (4/24/08)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Awarded Four Grants by U.S. Forest Service (04/10/08)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Offers Two Workshops in March (3/18/08)
• Workshop for Wood Products Businesses Will Present Potential Opportunities to Expand into the Residential Construction Industry (3/18/08)
• Seminars for Smaller and Startup Eastern Hardwood Manufacturers Scheduled for 2008 (1/30/08)
• Management Skills Development Short Course Scheduled (1/24/08)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Begins Beta Testing of Online Training Information Exchange System (1/3/08)

• Seminars for Smaller and Startup Eastern Hardwood Manufacturers Scheduled for 2008 (11/28/07)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Will Host a Workshop for Business Leaders in the Forest and Wood Products Industries (9/12/07)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Leads Development of Online Training Information Exchange System (8/16/07)
• USDA Forest Service Awards $1 Million to Enhance Hardwood Forests (5/16/07)

• USDA Forest Service Awards more than $1 Million to Enhance Hardwood Forest Products (4/27/06) 
• Forest Service Holds Workshop for Wood Products Industry (4/3/06)
• Wood-Products Business Opportunities in Asia is Topic of Briefing Session in Morgantown, West Virginia (3/8/06)
• Wood Education and Resource Center signs Special Use Permit with Entrepreneur for Rough Mill Facility (1/17/06) 

• USDA Forest Service Announces WERC Grants Available (12/20/05)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Awards Eight Grants in Virginia to Improve Forest Health (9/13/05)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Hosts Lean Manufacturing Workshop (9/12/05)
• Wood Education and Resource Center Awards Four Grants in West Virginia to Improve Forest Health (9/9/05)
• USDA Forest Service Awards nearly $3 Million to Enhance Hardwood Forest Industries (8/03/05)