Forest Tech Secures Future Fiber, Paper360º November/December 2019
The US pulp and paper industry’s most iconic source of fiber, and a symbol of industry sustainability, is the tree. According to the AF&PA, one-third of the US is forested—that’s 751 million acres—and more than 56 percent of US forests are privately owned, much of it by family forest owners. These privately-owned forests supply 91 percent of the wood harvested in the US.
Yet the prosaic portrait of a lumberjack swinging an axe has long been relegated to the past. Today, forest fiber is grown, harvested, and managed with technology that Paul Bunyan could never dream of. We asked two forest tech experts—Matthew Flood, ForestSight product manager, John Deere Construction and Forestry Division; and Tim Vallings, chief commercial officer, Rezatec—to share their perspectives on how forest technologies help ensure a steady stream of fiber.
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Forest Tech Secures Future Fiber, Paper360º November/December 2019
