New IWCS President’s Message
President’s Message Greetings fellow IWCS members, Fresh from the annual meeting in Gellibrand, Victoria, Australia, it gives me great pleasure to address you for the first time as President of … Read more
Arthur Lee
President’s farewell
Well, this will be my last president’s message. It has been a pleasure to have served the IWCS for the past two years. While there were some challenges early on … Read more
President’s Message Jan/Feb 2024
By the time you read this, we are all of a sudden into a new year. Wow, how time flies. I hope everyone had a fine holiday season and is … Read more
Importing wood into the US
Attached is information regarding importing wood products into the USA along with a PDF of Form 585 import permit. Note that in general if you bring wood samples that are not … Read more
January-February 2024 World of Wood Volume 77-1
Is now available in the Members World of Wood Archive.
Join IWCS at the Kansas City, MO Woodworking Show March 15-17, 2024
Dear All, After a couple of years of limited shows and events since Covid, The Woodworking Shows are getting up to speed and have added more cities to their 2024 … Read more
Trees, plants face new heat threat
Pacific Northwest’s high temps ‘cooked’ widespread foliageEnvironmental Protection Agency scientist Peter Beedlow examines dead Douglas fir trees Oct. 27 in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest. The trees died from insect damage … Read more
Message from Willem Hurkmans, Publication Chair
A disk of Gymnanthes Lucida [Euphorbiaceae] collected on December 7, 2005 by Alan Curtis & Willem Hurkmans near the archaeological site of Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, Mexico. I counted 76 growth rings.
Are you interested in learning more about the International Wood Collectors Society?
Click here to read a recent public version of the IWCS World of Wood, our bi-monthly journal publication. Members receive 6 editions of the World of Wood per year, in … Read more
An introduction to the new IWCS President 2025-27, John Tillack IWCS 10303
Born and bred in country Victoria, a southern state of Australia, I didn’t know there was a world outside the state until I was 18 years old. On leaving school … Read more
Chris Cook, Great Lakes Trustee
Chris Cook is a native of Illinois and now lives in Michigan. He earned degrees (BA, MS) from the University of Illinois and worked in academic libraries for fifteen years … Read more
World of Wood May/June 2023 Volume 76-3
The World of Wood Volume 76-3 is now available in the Members Journal Archive
IWCS Annual Meeting September 25-29, 2023 (Monday – Friday) Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center, Talladega, Alabama
Host and Program: Rick & Rhonda Long 812-327-9565 Click here for Registration form Registration Questions: Rick & Rhonda Long [email protected] We haven’t started a program as of yet. We do have … Read more
November/December 2022 President’s Message
As I write this, it has been just over a week since my mother passed and we ended our 75th Jubilee in La Grange. The Jubilee was a success with … Read more
World of Wood 75-6 (November/December 2022) added to the Journal Archive
Click here to go to the World of Wood Journal Archive
September/October 2022 President’s Message
Hello fellow IWCS members. My name is Mark Duff, and I will proudly serve as your new President for the next two years. Most of you do not know me … Read more