The Outlook

June 2009

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W e l c o m e

Summer is in full swing, and to help you catch up a bit, this month we re-cap our articles, commentaries and news headlines from the first six months of 2009.  So, if you missed anything in the first go-around, you can find it here!  If you're looking for our full library of information (Dovetail has more than 80 reports available!), visit our website listing at: http://dovetailinc.org/reports where each article is available for free download!

Enjoy!

- Jeff

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I n  T h i s   I s s u e:

D o v e t a i l   C o m m e n t a r y

• Green Building Can Do Better - A lot better (April 2009)   (http://www.dovetailinc.org/content/green-building-can-do-better-lot-bett...)
  

2 0 0 9  R e p o r t s  t o   D a t e:

• Reclaiming Lumber Products from Waste Wood (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailReclaim0109.pdf)
  

• Certification of Building Materials: Important or Not? (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailCertMat0209.pdf)
  

• Building a Constituency of Forest Productivity Advocates: What do we know about Minnesotan’s Natural Resource Priorities? (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailNatResPriorities0309.pdf)
  

• Comparing the Ecological Footprints of the U.S. and the E.U. (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailEcoFootprint0409Rev.pdf)  (Note: This report, first released in April 2009, was updated on 9 June 2009 to revise data included in Table 4 on page 11.)

• Community-Based Bioenergy and District Heating: Benefits, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations for Woody Biomass (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailDistHeat0409.pdf)
  

• Minnesota GreenStar Program and National Green Building Standard Comparison Report (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/MNGreenStarandNAHBComparisonReport.pdf)

• The Power of Silviculture: Employing Thinning, Partial Cutting Systems and Other Intermediate Treatments (http://www.dovetailinc.org/files/DovetailSilvics0509.pdf)
  

• 06/23/2009

  Geoblock Reduces Trail Construction Impacts
• 06/18/2009

  Minnesota Manufacturers of Wood Products Prepare for Economic Rebound with FSC Certification
• 05/21/2009

  Dovetail Partners Releases Green Building Comparison Report
• 04/23/2009

  Dovetail Partners Releases Map of Forestry Education Sites
• 04/16/2009

  Dovetail Expands Education and Training Services
• 04/13/2009

  Family Forests Alliance Participates in Certification Field Test
• 03/11/2009

  Forests in Northern Minnesota Store Abundant Carbon
• 03/05/2009

  Dovetail Partners Calls for Greater Use of Certification
• 03/02/2009

  Local Certified Wood Products Meet Consumer Demands for Green Goods
• 02/25/2009

  Construction of 70-Mile Trail Project Begins
• 02/03/2009

  Yamaha Awards Grant of $10,000 to Aitkin County Land Department
• 01/27/2009

  Results of Carbon Project to be Presented at February Conference
• 01/16/2009

  More than 100 Minnesota Companies Provide Green Products & Green Jobs

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