Government Shutdown Shutters Madison’s Federal Wood Lab
Federal researchers warn of lost data, delayed projects and mounting strain.
A sign is posted outside the USDA Forest Products Laboratory building. For over a century, the federal government has headquartered its research into wood at an outlet of the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a hulking stone building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Even though wood has been used for thousands of years, there’s still a fair amount that is not known about it from a mechanical perspective
said Nathan Bechle, a materials research engineer who says he’s worked on safety improvements for everything from baseball bats to lumber. Today the lab buildings are closed, and Bechle and most of his colleagues are furloughed, part of the ongoing government shutdown that began on Oct.
In that time, the Trump administration has tried to lay off some workers and threatened not to release back pay.
Author summary: Government shutdown affects wood lab research.
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