Most people still believe many harmful misconceptions about real wood, even though they love the beauty of natural, real hardwood in their homes and communities. In the video, members of the Missouri forest products industry clear up misconceptions, hack away at myths and set the record straight about real wood in Missouri. Hardworking wood-industry veterans reveal truths, like:
-The forest products industry generates $10 Billion in revenue for Missouri every year.
-Most companies in the industry are family-owned and often have more than three generations working in the industry.
-More trees grow and die naturally in Missouri than forest and wood-industry workers can use.
-The industry grows more trees than it harvests.
-Harvesting trees at maturity captures carbon and stores it for centuries, making forest management a smart, sustainable practice.
-When industry workers harvest trees and manage timber, they prevent disease and insects from spreading to healthy trees.
-Right now, Missouri’s forests are the strongest and healthiest they’ve been in 100 years.
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