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Environmental and Wildlife

Acrobat Reader Pressure Treated Wooden Utility Poles and Our Environment.
Acrobat Reader Greenhouse Gases, an Examination of Wooden Utility Poles. (This study also appeared in the scientific Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2002, Kluwer Academic Publishers)
Acrobat Reader Raptor Electrocutions and Distribution Pole Types
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BMPs - Best Management Practices (August 1, 2006)  (pdf)(Recommended guidelines for the production and use of treated wood products in aquatic and other sensitive environments.)

Acrobat Reader Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments (pdf)(A specification and environmental guide to selecting, installing and managing wood preservation systems in aquatic and wetland environments) (2006 version with links via internet companion).
Acrobat Reader Carbon Impacts of Wood: Rick Bergman - Forest Products Laboratory, Maureen Puettmann - WoodLife Environmental Consultants, Adam Taylor - University of Tennessee

 
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