Faces of PDX: Ryan Temple of Sustainable Northwest Wood
If you've seen pictures of the Douglas-fir lattice covering the ceiling of the new main terminal, you can imagine that building it out of 600,000 board-feet of wood is a major effort. Now tack on another challenge: making sure almost all that wood comes from sustainably managed forests in Oregon and Washington. Meet Ryan Temple, whose Portland lumber yard, Sustainable Northwest Wood, has forged links between forest stewards, mills, and PDX in order to make this feat possible. Â