Friday Five: Forestry News for February 16, 2018

Friday Five is our weekly recap of timber and forestry news, and things we think are cool or interesting. Here are your top stories:

Virginia Tech foresters host Timberbeast competition

• roanoke.com

B.C. logging truck driver saves moose calf from snowbank

• terracestandard.com

New Super Wood Beats Metals in Feats of Strength

• smithsonianmag.com

Japanese companies turn to biomass to clean up coal power

• asia.nikkei.com

Where different cuts of lumber are sourced from a tree trunk

• imgur.com