WoodStraw® wood strand erosion control material was specified by the City of Kent, Washington for mulching natural areas adjacent to the new ShoWare Event Center. The WoodStraw® mulch was manufactured and supplied by Forest Concepts, LLC of Auburn, Washington. The baled wood strand material was delivered as-needed from the Forest Concepts warehouse which is only a few miles from the project. Over the course of construction, more than 2,500 bales of WoodStraw® mulch was spread by City of Kent crews.
Project manager Kelly Peterson specified WoodStraw® because it had been proven to work in other similar projects around the Puget Sound region. The fact that the wood strand material also provided an attractive mulch around plantings was a bonus. Other erosion control materials would have needed to be covered with bark or other landscape mulch.
Next time you visit the ShoWare Center to attend a hockey game or other event, take a walk along the trail to the west of the parking lots to see the natural area and assess for yourself the performance and look of WoodStraw® erosion control mulch.
Established in December 1998, Forest Concepts, LLC is a forest products company with a new way of thinking about the industry and markets for wood-based materials. Products and technologies created during the past ten years enable renewal of forest communities through value-added utilization of small diameter materials and other woody biomass. The Company is a nationally recognized leader in the commercialization of new uses for smallwood and biomass that are available as co-products of forest management and wildfire protection. The skilled engineers and technologist of Forest Concepts develop and manufacture specialized smallwood structures and related materials for the habitat enhancement, threatened and endangered species protection, erosion control, environmental restoration, green building, and landscape markets. Recent development projects are yielding new enabling technologies that reduce the cost and increase the availability of woody biomass for production of second generation biofuels. For more information visit our corporate web site
www.forestconcepts.com. Digital photos are available.
Contact:
Michael C. (Mike) Perry
Chief Executive Officer
Ph: (253) 333-9663
mperry@forestconcepts.com