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Decorative Hardwoods Association (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XIV, Issue XXII: OSHA Vaccine Mandates Hit Snag | Environmental NGOs Ask Biden To Stop Logging Old Growth | Forest Products Industry Calls For Action At COP26 | House Infrastructure Legislation Helps U.S. Forests

What was the biggest wooden warship?

Great Britain’s HMS Victoria (1859)

With a displacement of 6,959 tons, she was the largest wooden battleship which ever entered service. She was also the world's largest warship until the completion of HMS Warrior, Britain's first ironclad battleship, in 1861.

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Timber and environmental groups have agreed to overhaul the management of 10 million acres of private forestlands in Oregon. The plan will protect vulnerable fish and wildlife while preserving the timber industry's ability to log. Meanwhile, a judge stopped post-fire logging in the Willamette National Forest.

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Decorative Hardwoods Association joined 94 other organizations - representing every level of the U.S. supply chain - to identify five solutions that the Biden administration can immediately pursue to help alleviate the ongoing supply chain crisis.

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The infrastructure bill rated a win for U.S. forests. The REPLANT Act will permanently remove the 1980s era cap on the USFS Reforestation Trust Fund to close a 4 million-acre backlog on U.S. national forests.

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