RISON — The depressed U.S. housing market has stunted demand for most wood products, but wood-utility-pole makers have escaped most of the recession's effects thus far. Treated Materials Co., which ...

GLEN ARBOR, Mich. -- In a small shop in a peaceful northern Michigan forest, the phone stopped ringing the morning of Sept. 11 and remained silent for four days. Then, as the shock of what had ...

How many wood poles do woodpeckers peck, since woodpeckers do peck poles? In a typical midsize city, roughly 1,000 telephone poles have to be replaced every year because birds -- and then rain -- ...

Wildfires always have been a part of our environment. For a variety of reasons, in recent years wildfires have been growing in both frequency and intensity, dramatically increasing the level of ...

In a newly published report, electricity providers across the country warn a looming shortage of wooden utility poles is threatening the reliability of Canada's electricity grid. That warning comes ...