The USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory conducts innovative research promoting healthy forests and vibrant economies through the wise use of wood.
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ALT An image of the interior of the CARWASh, a metal chamber with sockets for blowing air to simulate wind, and sprinklers for water.
ALT An image from the publication shows closeups of cracks in glue-laminated timber elements.
ALT Tom Schultz, USDA Forest Service Chief with Cindi West, Director of Forest Products Laboratory and Northern Research Station; National Forest Foundation Board members and Forest Service staff gather in the lobby of the Forest Products Laboratory and Northern Research Station headquarters ahead of a laboratory tour. USDA Forest Service photo by Ellie Lazarcik.
ALT Conceptual illustration of the development process for the moisture risk index showing inputs of mold risk assessment, fungal decay assessment, and corrosion risk assessment.
ALT Samples of wood plastic composites used in deck construction. Adobe Stock image.
ALT Forest Products Director Cynthia West leads @USDA #AgForum2025 panel discussion on Sustainable Packaging. USDA Forest Service photo by Dorothy Punderson.
ALT Research Assistant Director Ken Zwick describes use of wood-derived nanocellulose at @USDA #AgForum2025 panel discussion on Sustainable Packaging. USDA Forest Service photo by Dorothy Punderson.
ALT Ken Zwick provides examples of wood-derived nanocellulose to extend the shelf-life of perishable foods. Strawberries coated with nanocellulose lasted twice as long as uncoated strawberries.
ALT Jars of wood biochar, lignin, wood particles, rice hulls, and wheat straw on display to represent components of biochar board.
ALT Zhiyong Cai and Qiangu Yan, developers of biochar board demonstrate its use for filtering contaminants from polluted water.
ALT Ken Zwick, Dalia Abbas Iossifov, Cynthia West, Zhiyong Cai and Qiangu Yan represent the Forest Products Laboratory at an @USDA #AgOutlook25 exhibit.
ALT A photo of a building under construction with mass timber columns visible on the left side. A man in a hard hat and safety vest looks at the camera to the left, while on the right a ladder and other construction equipment rest against a wall.
ALT A woman wearing safety glasses carefully handles a small sample of wood using tweezers inside a mass balance. Samples are arranged in plastic bags next to her on a black lab bench. In the background are laboratory instruments.
ALT A closeup image of boards stacked in front of a pile of unsawn logs.
ALT An image from the report shows lumber stacked with three different colors of end coatings on the left, and a closeup of end splits in lumber on the right. Captions below each image describe them.
ALT Aldo Leopold's shack. USDA Forest Service photo.
ALT Forest Products Laboratory Research Engineer Adam Senelik examining the bur oak tree struck by lightning. USDA Forest Service photo.
ALT A test setup shows engineered wood products suspended over a furnace for fire testing.
ALT Samples of seized illegal wood labeled with evidence tags, on display at the Forest Products Laboratory.
ALT An illustration of Elderberry fruit and flowers with "Elderberry" written in pen and ink above it. A blue vertical bar on the left side of the image has the US Forest Service logo and reads "Innovation and Science"
ALT Figure of four black and white microscope images. The caption on the figure reads: SEM micrographs of uncoated copy paper, and CNC- and TOCN-coated paper surfaces; A) uncoated copy paper; (B,C) CNC coatings with doctor blade settings of 50 and 100 micrometers, respectively; (D,E) TOCN coatings with doctor blade settings of 150 and 2000 micrometers, respectively. Scale bars represent 50 micrometers.