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Forest Products Laboratory
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726
Phone: (608) 231-9200
Fax: (608) 231-9592
Email: mailroom_forest_
products_
laboratory@fs.fed.us

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Forest Products Laboratory
 


Our mission: To identify and conduct innovative wood and fiber utilization research that contributes to conservation and productivity of the forest resource, thereby sustaining forests, the economy, and quality of life.

 

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No Fee Days

Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell is offering in 2010 the following Fee Waiver dates...view»

FPL Centennial in 2010

100 Years of Public Service...view»

  Centennial
  Research Facility

The Centennial Research Facility (CRF), the newest addition to the FPL campus ...view»

   FPL in the News

When plywood came into industrial use a century ago, the criss-crossing layers of wood were glued with a soybean derivative..view »

In a real-life "back to the future" story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally-friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as a "green" alternative ...view »

The design community got a huge boost last week with the grand opening of the U.S. Forest Products Lab's new Centennial Research Facility in Madison, WI ...view »

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Awards Woody Biomass Utilization Projects ...view »

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   FPL News

August 2010
In this issue:

  • License option agreement signed for FPL technology
  • Updated Wood Handbook now available
  • FPL Centennial Video available online
  • FPL highlighted at Boy Scout Jamboree
  • LCA workshop defines opportunities for coordinated industry-government effort
  • 2010 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry
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   NEPA Projects

The purpose of the proposed Bioenergy Pilot Plant is to provide a research facility...view»

The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is modernizing its facilities ...view»

   News Releases

US Forest Products Industry Emissions Detailed in Report ... view»

FPL Researcher Elected President of American Wood Protection Association ... view»

Biofuel Production from Woody Biomass Improved with New Pretreatment Process ... view»

   NewsLines -
   FPL Quarterly
   Newsletter

Summer 2010 issue:

  • U.S. Forest Products Industry Emissions Detailed in Report
  • Woody Biomass Utilization
  • Promoting Healthy Forests and Rural Economies
  • FPL Celebration of 100 Years
  • Wood2Energy: Database of Woody Biomass Users Available to Public
  • Upcoming Events
  • Wood You Believe
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Global Change

Climate, Biomass & Bioenergy

Science For You

Strengthening America's Pastime:
Scientists Work to Keep Baseball Players and Fans Safe... view»

Areas Of Focus


Advanced Composites Advanced Composites

Advanced Structures Research Advanced Structure Research

AHRC, CAWS & NCWTS - "Demonstration and Research in Progress" Publications


Forest Biorefinery and Biomass Utilization Biorefinery Bioenergy

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology

Underutilized Woody Biomass Under Utilized Woody Biomass

Upcoming Conferences & Events

Society of Wood Science and Technology (October 11-15, 2010)...view» Public Open House - Tours of the new Centennial Research Facility, FPL exhibits (April 22nd, 2011 - Earth Day)...view»

Popular Items

2010 Woody Biomass Utilization and Grants...View»

Centennial Wood Handbook Edition Centennial Edition of Wood Handbook
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Deck Construction and Maintenance...
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Paints and Finishes ...View»

Cone Calorimeter tests results - evaluation of the flammability of untreated and treated wood products ...view»

The Fuel Value and Power Calculators ...View»

CVal: A Spreadsheet Tool to Evaluate the Direct Benefits and Costs of Carbon Sequestration Contracts for Managed Forests. ...view»


Publications recently posted

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FPL News - August 2010... View »
A LOW-COST WINDOW--WITHOUT JAMBS... View »
ACCELERATING OAK DRYING BY PRESURFACING, ACCELERATED SCHEDULES, AND KI... View »
Cellulose Nanocrystals the Next Big Nano-thing?... View »
CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION... View »
CONTROL OF REDDISH-BROWN COLORATION IN DRYING MAPLE SAPWOOD... View »
FLUORESCENCE MICROSOCOPY FOR DETECTING ADHESIVES ON FRACTURE SURFACES... View »
Live Load Distribution on Longitudinal Glued-Laminated Timber Deck Bri... View »
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING WEB TENSION OF CORRUGATING MEDIUM... View »
METHOD FOR RECORDING MACHINE SPEED AT WHICH CORRUGATING MEDIUM IS FLUT... View »
METHODS OF CONTROLLING HUMIDITY IN WOODWORKING PLANTS... View »
PANELING AND FLOORING FROM LOW-GRADE HARDWOOD LOGS... View »
SELECTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOOD INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT IN WEST VIRGINI... View »
SIMULATED SERVICE TESTING OF WOOD AND WOOD-BASE FINISH FLOORING... View »
WOOD PALLET MANUFACTURING... View »
.Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material (All Chapters)... View »
Criterion 6 Indicator 28: Total and Per Capita Consumption of Wood and... View »
Criterion 6, Indicator 25: Value and Volume of Wood and Wood Products ... View »
Criterion 6, Indicator 32: Exports as a Share of Wood and Wood Product... View »
Dimension Stock-Yields of Specific Width Cuttings From 4/4 Hard Maple ... View »
Eliminating inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis by lignosulfonate in un... View »
Evaluation of crack-tip stress fields on microstructural-scale fractur... View »
FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR ORTHOTROPIC PLANE STRESS AND ORTHOTROPIC... View »
Regioselective preparation of 5-hydroxypropranolol and 4'-hydroxydiclo... View »
Robust cellulosic ethanol production from SPORL-pretreated lodgepole p... View »
Surface Modification of Wood by Alkoxysilane Sol-Gel Deposition to Cre... View »
Tension Parallel-to-Grain Properties of Southern Pine Dimension Lumber... View »
THERMAL INSULATION FROM WOOD FOR BUILDINGS: EFFECTS OF MOISTURE AND IT... View »
A single cell model for pretreatment of wood by microwave explosion... View »
Development of an Improved System of Wood-Frame House Construction... View »
EFFECT OF FIRE-RETARDANT AND OTHER INORGANIC SALTS ON PYROLYSIS PRODUC... View »
Effect of Inorganic Salts on Pyrolysis of Wood, Cellulose, and Lignin ... View »