Many people know about logging, hearing about it through controversial issues such as clear-cutting and the adverse affects to our environment. These views come to the public many times through environmental societies. The wood products field is what occurs after the timber is harvested from the forest. These are the end uses of logs, lumber, and plywood.
Wood is one of our most valuable resources.
We use more wood products in the United States than we do any other type of material. Some say it is, in fact, our most valuable resource. The greatest feature of wood is that since it is renewable, we will never run out of it as long as our forests are properly managed. There are certain limitations that are placed on our resources, but through technology these things can be overcome. At this time, our technology is developing faster than our natural systems are able to evolve.