Forest Service/USDA Wood Innovations Grants
Recipient Point of Contact: Matthew D. Aro
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Summary
The University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), Washington
State University (WSU), and industry partners propose to improve forest health, reduce wildfires, and improve the competitiveness of the forest products industry in MN and the USFS Eastern Region by demonstrating value-added thermally modified composite laminated strand-veneer lumber (TM-CLSVL) mass timber panels from small-diameter balsam fir.