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Sawmill News

• December, 2009 Changing With The Times from Amherst Bulletin (pdf file)
• January 23, 2009 Cowls said 12th oldest family firm in America from Amherst Bulletin, by Nick Grabbe (pdf file)
• December 2005-January 2006 "Award Winning Cowls Lumber" from Hardwood Matters, the magazine of The National Hardwood Lumber Association.
• September 2004, Mill Tour Excites Retail Business from Do-It-Yourself
• June 2004, Busy Sawmill Welcomes Visitors from The Republican
• October 2004, Yankee Knowhow from Timber Processing
• December 2004, Wooden Performances from Timber Homes
• October 2002, Up from the ashes from The Lumber Co-operator (Retail Member Profile)
• July 2002, W.D. Cowls plans to rebuild after fire from Amherst Bulletin
• July 2002, Fire razes Amherst sawmill from Union News
• July 2002, Blaze destorys sawmill from Daily Gazette

Cowls Building Supply

• February, 2006, Before revolution, Cowls was turning, N. Amherst company led by 8th, 9th generations from Daily Hampshire Gazette
• February, 2006, Company spurs lower-cost house project from Daily Hampshire Gazette
• May, 1981, North Amherst Lumber Yard Grows Up

General Information

• December 2006, Buying Local to Keep the View from The Amherst Bulletin
• February 2005, Wood Firm In Documentary from The Republican
• September 2004, Cutting to the chase from Business West
• Fall 2004, Managing local forests: Cowls Lumber from Field Notes, CISA 2004 Fall Newsletter
• January 2003, Amherst mural tells the town history from Daily Hampshire Gazette
• June 2002, Board Meeting: Ninth Generation Leads Historic Amherst Lumber Company from Business West
• June 2002, Board Meeting from Business West

Forestry

• August 17, 2009, Watch Cowls in a National Science Foundation video profiling the excellent research UMass is doing in an effort to make clean biofuel out of forest biomass.
• July 17, 2009, Biomass: Will it help or hurt? by Chris Russell, Amherst Bulletin Contributing Writer
• April 21, 2009, It's Time To Get Serious About Fesibility Of Biomass by Cinda Jones and Elisa Campbell from Daily Hampshire Gazette
• December 2007, UMass tests Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Cure on Cowls Land
• October 2007, Cinda Jones Receives 2007 Award for Outstanding Achievements in Sustainable Forestry from BASF
• October 2007, National Conservation Award Presented To Massachusetts Sustainable Timberland Management Company from The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency
• January 2007, American Woodcock Initiative from Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
• February 2006, Housing Within Reach: Innovations in Affordable Housing Design
• August 2002, Trail advocates take diverse paths from Sunday Republican
• September 1952, Cowls company model lumber firm operating forests scientifically from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette