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Decorative Hardwoods Association (formerly HPVA) eNews Volume XV, Issue XIX: Russian Timber Bypasses U.S. Sanctions & Tariffs, Reports The Washington Post | USFWS Proposes Endangered Listing For Tricolored Bats | Bipartisan Tree-Thinning Bill Introduced | Members Of Congress Object To Chinese Dumping Of Cabinets

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What is the most common tree in Canada?

Answer:  Spruce

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Martin's Tree Service: What is the Most Common Tree in Canada?

Total industrial production increased 0.6% in July, up nearly 4% vs. last year. Production of wood products is up 4.4% vs. one year ago. Manufacturing output gained 0.7% after having fallen 0.4% in each of the two previous months. See the chart above for key industrial activity metrics.

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In a letter to the Commerce Department in support of their state's kitchen cabinet manufacturers and workers, Alabama's members of Congress expressed their concern about the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden cabinets from China. The delegation asked that the Secretary of Commerce "vigorously enforce" U.S. trade remedy laws to protect "constituents and the U.S. cabinet industry from China's continued unfair trade practices."

Senators Manchin and Barrasso introduced a bipartisan bill to improve forest restoration and reduce the use of hazardous fuels by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. The bill would require federal agencies to double the number of acres thinned mechanically by 2025, and quadruple that by 2027.

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