Build Local Alliance

Did you hear the exciting news? The BLA is changing!

Sustainable Northwest Wood will be taking the lead in delivering the important programmatic work of the BLA, which will allow us to branch out (pun intended!) and expand the Good Wood community.

As Ryan Temple, the SNWW president, says: "the close alignment of the two organizations’ missions makes the merging of our efforts a natural and hopefully seamless step."

You can read more about the transition here:

BLA's Big Transition - Build Local Alliance | Portland, Oregon A Message from Ryan Temple President, Sustainable Northwest Wood For 18 years, the Build Local Alliance (BLA) has been building connections between forest owners, mills, and wood consumers in northwest Oregon. ...

From oaked wines to oaks at the winery! Join us for a sip-then-stroll event on August 23rd to learn more about oak ecology and local agriculture. 🌳

Registration is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vineyard-oak-walk-tickets-388327767807

Looking forward to celebrating with you next week!

And check out this amazing list of storytellers:

- Jake Foster - Sustainable Northwest Wood; sustainable/local wood broker and distributor
- Josh Salinger - Owner of BirdsMouth Design Build; architecture, design, and build
- Axcelle Campaña - Project Coordinator, Diversity Science and Alex "Seed" Jones, Sustainable Builder; community partnerships and sustainability
- Valerie Carey - Sankofa Lumber; FSC recycled wood
- Ben Boutros - Founder of Bennu; woodworker, furniture maker
- Mike Lipke - Trillium Pacific; secondary manufacturing and millwork
- Glenn Ahrens – Forester, Hopkins Demonstration Forest; family forest management, demonstration & education

What are you waiting for? Register today! 🥳

Join us in Portland to celebrate! 🥳

On June 16th, we'll gather in-person to share stories and celebrate the local wood chain. Learn more and sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/good-wood-celebration-2022-tickets-347530110917

Do you know that salmon feed forests – that forests feed salmon – and that people help?

This weekend, the Build Local Alliance will host a “Walk in the Woods” learning adventure, exploring Hyla Woods’ experimental forest with experienced forest stewards in search of spawning coho salmon and the secrets of the many ways that salmon, forests and people nurture one another.

When: Saturday December 11th – 9:00am to 1:00pm
Where: Near the town of Timber – directions will be shared with registrants

No cost and open to all. Register at the link below!

Forests and Salmon - a Learning Adventure Do you know that salmon feed forests – and forests feed salmon – and people help?

Our friends at Zena Forest Products are hosting a virtual hike tomorrow (Wednesday 10/21) at 10am. In this free webinar, they will use photos to explore three areas of their forest that are ordinarily too remote to bring visitors to, and they'll talk about the joys and challenges of each one. Link to registration is below.

Rescheduled due to clerical error. AKA I messed up the dates. This webinar will be Wednesday, October 21 at 10 am. We'll be exploring three contrasting and more remote sites than we can usually get to in our in-person tours. Really excited about this webinar. If you are too, you can sign up here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2905889795297059854

The BLA is excited to co-host a lunchtime webinar with Ecotrust as part of Sustainable Building Week 2020. Join us next Monday at 12pm to discuss how our wood selection and specifying shapes local forests – for better and worse.

Register via the Eventbrite link below.

Friends Helping Friends Choose Good Wood We'll study how our wood selection and specifying shapes local forests – for better and worse.

Join the Build Local Alliance via Zoom on Thursday, September 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m. for a Good Wood Celebration - stories of wood locally grown, crafted and placed.

Hear inspiring stories of “Good Wood” from the Pacific Northwest, through the eyes of a local woodland owner, a sawmill owner, a furniture maker, and an architect from a design-build firm. Each has their own answer to the question, “What is Good Wood to you?”

Our panel of speakers includes –
• Ben Deumling – Zena Forest Products
• David Maeley – Milwaukie Hardwoods, Urban Trees to
Lumber
• Ken Vetterick – Ken Vetterick Woodworking, Fine
Furniture
• Ben Hayes - Hyla Huts, From Forest to Frame
• Nathan Dinihanian – Dinihanian Furniture
• Laura Squillace – Green Hammer Design-Builders


Registration (FREE) is required via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvceiqpzoiGtbmtT3_-u4FjmGR47ykje5P

About Us:
The Build Local Alliance is a community catalyst drawing together and supporting people, businesses, and organizations committed to connecting “good” wood from local forests with local projects. Our mission is to improve the vitality of local forests and related human communities by connecting local, responsibly grown and processed wood with local projects.

We're excited to announce our next Walk in the Woods is set for August 24th at Raincloud Tree Farm in Corbett, Oregon. Come take a hike with us and learn about Carbon Farming in a Forest!

Details on our events page.
Register here: https://bla-woodshike-carbonfarming.eventbrite.com

We had a blast last month hosting wood and forest enthusiasts for Pieces of Eight at Migration Brewing Company. Thanks to all who joined us!

If you missed the event or want to share the inspirational ideas with others, check out these videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC356CpiUCWOxQiKpZxXHDow/videos

Thanks to our friends Hyla Woods for filming these talks.