Scott Bowe
Commentator - Field NotesScott Bowe is the Director of Kemp Natural Resources Station and Professor & Wood Products Extension Specialist in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott works closely with the forest products industry in Wisconsin. His current projects focus on forest products markets, sawlog economic maturity, and wood manufacturing process improvement; all strategies for remaining competitive within a global forest products marketplace.
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There is an old cowboy saying that goes something like this, “It ain’t the things you don’t know what gets you in trouble; it’s the things you know for…
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Humans have used wood as fuel for millennia. It has been used for cooking, heating, and more recently power production. I thought this topic would be…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses sugar in trees, how Mother Nature makes trees and plant with simple…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses bees in Wisconsin’s Northwoods.At the end of July, my two boys and I were…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses how maple trees produce sap for real maple syrup.Every spring at Kemp…
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If you are a winter enthusiast, we are off to a great start this year. Snowshoers, skiers, and snowmobilers have had excellent snow conditions. To add to…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses how the Lacey Act protects rare trees around the world.We can all…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses bird’s-eye wood, some of the most beautiful material a woodworker can…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses trees and their resistance to decay fungi.If you have had the opportunity…
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In this month's installment of Field Notes, Scott Bowe of Kemp Station discusses snow load and how it impacts our homes.The snowfall this year has been…