Fired-up West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor said he would have crossed the floor in Parliament to support wind-throw logging on the Coast, with or without the blessing of the New Zealand Labour Party. Source: The New Zealand Herald

Sixty jobs will go at Southern Cross Forest Products Kopu site near Thames in New Zealand. Sources: Waikato Times, Stuff NZ

A Gunnedah-based timber company said the draft Natural Resources Commission's report into the Brigalow and Nandewar State Conservation Areas is generally favourable to the timber industry. Source: ABC News

Replanting the Bundaleer Forest was a topic of discussion in the South Australian Parliament during question time. Source: The Finders News

Many may wonder why a lobbyist for the multi-billion dollar forestry industry would hop on a bicycle, partially made of timber, to ride across Canberra to deliver a letter. Source: The Canberra Times

The ancient people of the Hopewell culture who built earthwork mounds in Ohio 1600 to 2000 years ago continue to give up their secrets. The latest might be a “woodhenge,” a circular enclosure of wooden posts. Source: Norwalk Reflector

InventivEnergy, an asset management firm, has selected NRG Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, to restart the Aspen Power biomass plant located in Lufkin, Texas.

The “Green Couch” is the meeting place for experts from business and politics at Interforst. For the first time ever, it will be occupied by a group consisting exclusively of women. Source: Timberbiz

When Brendan Morrison stands on the southern shore of Macquarie Harbour he is in a dangerously exposed spot – 40km from civilisation on the fringe of a World Heritage area. Source: ABC News