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Paul Jones Remembered in Amherst, Amherst Bulletin, November 25, 2011

Paul C. Jones Obituary

DIRECTIONS to W.D.Cowls offices at 134 Montague Road, North Amherst, MA

PUBLIC USE POLICY ON COWLS LAND

Bios    Cinda H. Jones

General Information

• May 2015, Illegal activity could force curtailed access to land from The Hampshire Daily Gazette
• March 2015, Economic and Community Development Specialist Named to Lead Cowls Real Estate and Mill District Initiatives
• August 2014, 147.3 acres of land available in the Cushman section of North Amherst
• 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
  
• 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 Feasibility 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
   

 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
   

 Sawmill News

• May 3, 2010 End of an Era: Cowls Sawmill Operation Shuttered from Daily Hampshire Gazette
• April 23, 2010 Lumber Boss Pitches Project to ARA from Amherst Bulletin
• April 16, 2010 Cowls Owner has Vision for North Amherst from Daily Hampshire Gazette

• 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