Industry News

Learn how NHLA and Crossroads Strategies are advancing American hardwood through federal procurement, policy engagement, and support for domestic manufacturing.

See how Real American Hardwood is reaching architects, designers, builders, and specifiers to increase American hardwood use in sustainable design.

Explore how NHLA is investing in advocacy, hardwood promotion, mill optimization, AI grading, and new markets to strengthen the American hardwood industry.

Discover what an NHLA lumber inspector really does, from solving costly sawmill problems and improving lumber yield to introducing a new generation to hardwood careers.

New research explores red maple lumber for structural applications, grading, engineered wood products, and new construction markets for U.S. hardwoods.

Explore a key 2027 NHLA Rules change from “should” to “shall” and join the discussion about what defines properly manufactured hardwood lumber.

Discover how Messersmith Manufacturing helps sawmills turn wood waste into biomass energy, reducing energy costs and creating value from wood residuals.

Discover how salvaged hardwood lumber is creating new opportunities through research, innovation, and collaboration. Learn how the hardwood industry is transforming storm-damaged wood into sustainable, high-value products while advancing workforce development and mass timber applications.

Follow NHLA Industry Services Sales Manager Benji Richards as he shares what it's like working in the hardwood industry, from lumber grading and field inspections to mentoring the next generation of hardwood professionals.

Discover how the National Hardwood Academy's Inspector Training School is inspiring the next generation through hands-on hardwood education, workforce development, and career training in the hardwood industry.

Strong hardwood markets support healthy forests, rural communities, and sustainable supply chains. Learn why using American hardwood benefits forest management, carbon storage, and the economy.

Learn why woody biomass remains excluded from the Renewable Fuel Standard and how the Hardwood Federation is advocating for policy changes to expand renewable fuel opportunities while supporting sustainable forestry and forest markets.