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.