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• Is a career in the lumber industry really a long-term thing? July 7, 2021
  Even the Vikings would be impressed by the future of wood. Ships were an important part of the Viking Age (793–1066 AD) not only as a means of transportation but also for the prestige that each ship conferred on her owner and skipper. The shipwrights used a type of timber that is rarely seen today – […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• Science, tech, engineering, and wood: the perfect career collab July 7, 2021
  Nature has the best R&D in the world. We can learn from it.  We often think of collabs as an abbreviation for “collaboration” in today’s truncated instant messaging world.  That’s cool with us, but the origin of the concept came from the New York City artists’ group Collaborative Projects, which was formed after a series […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• So, where does the tech come in? July 7, 2021
  From the forest floor to the hardwood floor.  When asked to think of wood or lumber we might envision a beautiful blue-green forest spanning miles and miles of pristine terrain.  We may jump to an image of a classic Adirondack chair pointed toward the ocean while perched atop a sweeping veranda overlooking the Atlantic in […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• Is wood stronger than steel? July 7, 2021
  Each Giant Sequoia can occupy over 1 acre of earth, contain over 90,000 cubic feet of soil, and reach 300 feet in height. That’s quite a massive tree. So, what keeps them from falling down? The structural foundation of any wood is something called “lignin,” which gives wood its strength. Scientists have now discovered that […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• Lumber is one of the most regenerative building materials July 7, 2021
  According to a 2015 study by Architecture and Design published in the​ ​Journal of Sustainable Forestry​, “The world’s  forests contain more than 400 billion cubic yards of wood, but relatively little of that is turned into wooden  building materials.” That means that, globally, wood is plentiful while the world frequently turns to exhaustive resources such […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• The wood industry plays a large part in the health of our North American forests July 7, 2021
  It is well worth mentioning that clear cuts are a thing of the past here in North America.  On a recent excursion into the forests of remote western Montana, a lone Forest Service employee popped his head up out of the brush, announcing that he was there to survey land for an upcoming forest management […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• Wood is wood. right? July 7, 2021
  It’s not even close to being right.  Other than its color (assuming you don’t paint it) we might think of all wood as being pretty much the same. The truth is there are three different types of wood with the most common being either softwoods (pine, cedar, fir, spruce, and redwood) or hardwoods (oak, maple, […]
  Nathan Montgomery
• Thriving, promising careers in a sector that regenerates itself daily July 7, 2021
  To regenerate means to renew, restore, and grow. Your career should do the same.  We can all remember that very first job we had as a kid. Usually, it offered little opportunity for growth other than fattening your thin stack of coins. Yet those first responsibilities taught you about having a role in something bigger […]
  Nathan Montgomery