News and Updates

May 25, 2021

Completed-Spring/Summer 2016 WERC Workshops

1-National Firewood Workshop-Western Maryland Research and Education Center, Keedysville, MD, Thursday, April 21st, 2016, 9 am to 4 pm. This event is sponsored by the Wood Education and Research Center of Princeton, WV and focuses on how a business makes money in the firewood business.  We invite top firewood industry professionals to discuss these topics-firewood… 

May 25, 2021

Completed-2017 Winter Upholstery Frame Training Day

We held our annual Winter Upholstery Frame Training Day on Thursday, February 7th, 2017 at the North Carolina Engineering Center in downtown Hickory.  We attracted fifty attendees that participated in three two hour focused sessions on New Frame Design Methods by Lewis Mabon of Leggett and Platt, Using 3-D Design Software for Upholstery Frames by… 

May 25, 2021

Completed-Spring 2017-Landowner Workshops for Seeing the Value of Forest Products in Forest Stands Four Locations for This Outdoor Workshop in North Carolina

Four Locations for This Outdoor Workshop in North Carolina This important workshop is for landowners that provided an opportunity to walk with industry professionals in the forest at four locations in North Carolina.  These workshops provided information on how forest stands are valued by the industry and how to see in the forest what will… 

May 25, 2021

Completed-National Firewood Workshop-Thursday, April 27th, 2017 Statesville, North Carolina-Location-Iredell County Cooperative Extension Office

The Wood Education and Resource Center of Princeton, West Virginia hosted together with the NCSU Wood Products Extension the National Firewood Workshop at the Cooperative Extension Office in Statesville, North Carolina on April 27th, 2017.  This one day event was the gathering of split firewood professionals that discuss all the aspects involved in operating a… 

May 17, 2021

Completed-National Upholery Furniture Frame Workshop

Conover, North Carolina, Thursday, November 9th, 2017 The Wood Education and Resource Center of Princeton, WV sponsored the National Upholstery Furniture Frame Workshop that was held at the Conover Station Building in downtown Conover, NC on Thursday, November 9th, 2017.  We had 102 persons who registered for the workshop that was a one day event… 

May 17, 2021

Completed-Workshops for 2019 On-Campus at NCSU

Additionally we at NCSU Wood Products are hosting several educational events. Workshop Schedule: 1-Dry Kiln Short Course, May 14 to 17, 2019.  The location is on the campus at North Carolina State University.  An educational training event for training the basics of how to kiln dry hardwood lumber.  The class will dry in a conventional… 

May 17, 2021

Highlights National Workshop-National Firewood Workshop New England-June 2019

National Firewood Workshop 2019-Wednesday and Thursday, June 19 and 20, 2019, Epsom, New Hampshire.  This is the national eduational and networking event for the split firewood industry.  This is the nationally focused workshop that has been held in WV, NY, MD, NC and MI.  The website for registration is https://nationalfirewoodworkshop2019.eventbrite.com.  The cost is $45 per…