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U.S. veneer exports have grown to 148 million square meters this year, up 30% vs. last year. The value of veneer exports has already reached $235 million, 33% higher than last year.

2021 U.S. log exports are at 1.56 million cubic meters with a value of $634 million, up 24% in volume and 32% in value vs. last year.

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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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