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What is a Forest?

What is Forestry or
 Forest Management?


What does Sustainable mean?

What are Forest Products?

Examples of Forest Products

Why are Forests Managed?

Demonstration Forest Techniques

 

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Examples of Forest Products
 

Solid Wood Products
  • Lumber
  • Flooring
  • Wall paneling
  • Posts, poles
  • Pilings
  • Barrels
  • Roof and floor trusses
  • Windows and doors
  • Tool handles
  • Shakes or shingles
  • Charcoal
  • Pallets
  • Fuelwood
  • Railroad ties
  • Mine timbers
  • Furniture
  • Molding

 

Composite Wood Products

  • Veneer
  • Plywood
  • Decorative paneling
  • Insulation board
  • Hardboard (Masonite)
  • Medium density fiberboard
  • Particle board
  • Oriented strand board
  • Laminated veneer lumber
  • Parallel strand lumber
  • Excelsior for packing
  • Structural insulated panels
  • Plywood/expanded-paper-core doors
  • Wood I-beams
  • Laminated beams
  • Scaffold boards
  • COM-PLY
 

Cellulose Products

  • Rayon textile

  • Cellophane

  • Furfural (component of nylon)

  • Fabric coatings

  • Telephones

  • Electrical insulation

  • Car panels and hardware

  • Glasses frames

  • Photographic film

  • Sorbitol

  • Propylene and ethylene goods, glycerine

  • Proteins

  • Vitamins

 

Tree Chemical Products

  • Paint solvents

  • Odorants

  • Bactericides

  • Pine oils

  • Insecticides

  • Adhesives

  • Flavorings

  • Fabric treatments

  • Inks and dyes

  • Soaps and detergents

  • Acetic acid

  • Chewing gum

  • Leather tanning

  • Water treatment chemicals

  • Ethyl alcohol

  • Gasohol

  • Synthetic rubber

  • Ointments

 

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