In the January Softwood Lumber monthly update you’ll find:
- New funding by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports processing and utilization of wood products from National Forest System lands. The Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program is intended to improve forest health and reduce the risks in the forest.
- Throughout the year, we’ll be highlighting industry, SLB program, and partner leaders showing how and why the softwood lumber industry is working together to ensure we continue to grow market share in the years to come. This month, the SLB’s First Vice Chair Jerome Pelletier, Vice President of J.D. Irving, Ltd.
- Wood education is critically underrepresented in postsecondary engineering programs across the United States, leaving many future engineers underprepared to leverage wood as a versatile, sustainable building material. To address this challenge, the SLB sponsored the Young Engineer and Student Lunch at the 2024 NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit