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Changing hearts and minds about wood, for good, by harvesting the next generation through education. #truthabouttrees

Joined February 2020
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Click the link below now to get your free Career Day presentation and check one more thing off your to-do list: bit.ly/4umeRG4 #teacherTuesday #teachers #education #careerday #forestrycareers #forestry #lumber #hardwood #softwood #paper
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Get 12 ready-made slides with 20 minutes of content. Teach the next generation why healthy forests matter and how forestry careers help shape the future. #teacherTuesday #teachers #education #careerday #forestrycareers #forestry #lumber #hardwood #softwood #paper
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Our FREE Career Day presentation teaches students about responsible forestry and careers they may not know about. We do all the work. #teacherTuesday #teachers #education #careerday #forestrycareers #forestry #lumber #hardwood #softwood #paper
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Professional gaming sounds like a cool career to many students. What if you could introduce them to a career that uses those skills and connects them to manufacturing? #teacherTuesday #teachers #education #careerday #forestrycareers #forestry #lumber #hardwood #softwood #paper
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That's 75,000 future consumers, allies, and employees who get it and carry that knowledge forward. Join the Canopy Club today👇 bit.ly/4jvBK8p Join now before time runs out! #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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Here's the math: 300 industry pros × $12/month reaches 75,000 students and introduces them to wood products, sustainability, and career opportunities. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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The Truth About Trees teaching kit can turn students into informed advocates for softwood products and introduce them to forestry careers they may not have considered. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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Join the Canopy Club today and become one of 300 members. For less than the cost of recruiting one employee, increase demand for softwood products and find future employees. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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Mass timber reduces construction time, traffic, and safety risks. If managed well, it can also contribute to a #circulareconomy. #itcomesfromatree #masstimber #CLT #NLT #SCL #Glulam
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🌳SCL - structural composite lumber, including LVL (laminated veneer lumber) and LSL (laminated strand lumber) 🌳Glulam - glue-laminated timber #itcomesfromatree #masstimber #CLT #NLT #SCL #Glulam
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Warning: acronyms ahead; this list covers only the terms used here. 🌳CLT - cross-laminated timber 🌳NLT - nail-laminated timber #itcomesfromatree #masstimber #CLT #NLT #SCL #Glulam
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Mass timber, Shrek, and onions have one thing in common. They all have layers. Mass timber isn't just one thing. It's a group of wood products made by chemically or mechanically joining smaller pieces. #itcomesfromatree #masstimber #CLT #NLT #SCL #Glulam
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Photo courtesy of @foresthistory. Learn more about the Biltmore Forest School on the Forest History Society website at foresthistory.org/. #throwbackThursday #history #fieldtrip #Portland #forestryschool
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Carl Alwin Schenck's manuscript, "The Dawn of Private Forestry in America, Recollections of a Forester Covering the Years 1895 to 1914," includes this photo. Schenck founded the Biltmore Forest School in 1898. #throwbackThursday #history #fieldtrip #Portland #forestryschool
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These students from the Biltmore Forest School were arriving in Portland, Oregon, as part of their study of "practical forestry." #throwbackThursday #history #fieldtrip #Portland #forestryschool
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It may be an understatement to say school-trip dress codes were more formal in the early 1900s. They certainly wouldn't have been comfortable for a cross-country train trip. #throwbackThursday #history #fieldtrip #Portland #forestryschool
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That's 75,000 future consumers, allies, and employees who get it and carry that knowledge forward. Join the Canopy Club today👇 bit.ly/4jvBK8p Join now before time runs out! #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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Here's the math: 300 industry pros × $12/month reaches 75,000 students and introduces them to wood products, sustainability, and career opportunities. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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The Truth About Trees teaching kit can turn students into informed advocates for softwood products and introduce them to forestry careers they may not have considered. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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Join the Canopy Club today and become one of 300 members. For less than the cost of recruiting one employee, increase demand for softwood products and find future employees. #education #lumber #hardwoods #softwoods #paper #forestproducts #forestry
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