Matt Bumgardner, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Scott A. Bowe, Matt Bumgardner, Scott Lyon. 2025. Lumber Kiln Technology and Training Needs in the Northeastern United States
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2025. Beyond the build: Woodworkers adapt to housing market swings
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2024. Housing market forces woodworkers to innovate: an exclusive report on current housing trends and the effects on woodworkers' spending
• Matt Bumgardner, Diego Benedetti. 2023. Sawn hardwood
• Matt Bumgardner, Buehlmann Urs, Karen Koenig. 2023. Housing market and woodworking: industry plans and actions
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2023. The Northern Hardwood Resource: A Market Perspective
• Matt Bumgardner, Diego Benedetti. 2022. Sawn Hardwood
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner, Michael Jacobson. 2022. An Analysis of U.S. Hardwood Log Exports from 1990 to 2021
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2022. Housing market & woodworking: beyond the pandemic
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann. 2022. A Preliminary Assessment of Industry 4.0 and Digitized Manufacturing in the North American Woodworking Industry
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2022. Analyzing changes in the U.S. wood furniture industry from 1997 to 2019: production, net imports, and consumption
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2021. Regional analysis of U.S. sawn hardwood product prices from 2000 to 2020
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2021. Regional analysis of U.S. lumber exports for important hardwood species from 1990 to 2020
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karen Koenig. 2021. Housing's impact on woodworker spending
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2021. Changes in hardwood sawtimber growth, mortality, and removals in the eastern United States
• Matt Bumgardner, David L. Nicholls. 2020. Sustainable practices in furniture design: A literature study on customization, biomimicry, competitiveness, and product Communication
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karen ​ Koening. 2020. Housing's impact on woodworking trends
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karl D. Forth. 2020. Lack of a plan limits Industry 4.0 development for many companies
• Matt Bumgardner. 2019. Overview of oak markets and marketing
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, ​Karen Koenig. 2019. Impacts of housing market trends on the wood products industry
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2019. Changes in the quality of the northern U.S. hardwood timber resource from 2008 to 2017
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2018. Structural Changes in the Growing Stock of Important Tree Species Groups in the Central Hardwood Region
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner, Klaus Kottwitz, Fran Maplesden, Igor Novoselov. 2018. Sawn hardwood
• David L. Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner. 2018. Challenges and opportunities for North American hardwood manufacturers to adopt customization strategies in an era of increased competition
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2018. Housing & woodworking: industry actions and trends
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2018. Timber harvesting patterns for major states in the central, northern, and mid-Atlantic hardwood regions
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2017. Changes in Eastern US Sawmill Employment and Estimated Hardwood Lumber Production from 2001 to 2015
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Omar Espinoza. 2017. U.S. secondary wood manufacturers are becoming larger – are there implications for hardwood sawmills?
• Matt Bumgardner. 2017. Where do the logs go after harvest? A look at the role of hardwood exports
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Delton Alderman. 2017. Recent Developments in US Hardwood Lumber Markets and Linkages to Housing Construction
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karen Koenig. 2017. Housing's impact on wood products sales
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karen Koenig. 2017. Investment activities in the U.S. secondary woodworking industry
• Matt Bumgardner, Iris B. Montague, Jan K. Wiedenbeck. 2017. Survey response rates in the forest products literature from 2000 to 2015
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2016. Domestic hardwood lumber consumption and exports, yesterday and today
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2016. US hardwood lumber consumption and international trade from 1991 to 2014
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2016. Woodworking & housing: Positive trends and actions
• Matt Bumgardner, Scott Bowe, William Luppold. 2016. Are there regional differences in US hardwood product exports?
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2016. Employment changes in U.S. hardwood lumber consuming industries during economic expansions and contractions since 1991
• David L. Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner. 2015. Low-grade and character-marked hardwoods: A research review and synthesis of solid wood manufacturing and marketing
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2015. Examination of worldwide hardwood lumber production, trade, and apparent consumption: 1995-2013
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karen Koenig. 2015. Woodworking & housing: impacts & actions
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann. 2015. To what do firms attribute success? An application of attribution theory to the secondary woodworking industry
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2014. The international hardwood lumber market and potential impacts on your bottom line
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Karen M. Koenig. 2014. Impacts of construction markets on firm performance and behaviors in the secondary woodworking industry, 2010-2013
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2014. Changes in the international trade balance of U.S. hardwood products from 1990 to 2013
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner, T. Eric McConnell. 2014. Impacts of changing hardwood lumber consumption and price on stumpage and sawlog prices in Ohio
• Omar Espinoza, Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Robert Smith. 2014. Intermediaries in the U.S. hardwood lumber market: comparing and contrasting sawmills and distributors
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2014. International trade of U.S. hardwood lumber and logs, 1990-2013
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karen Koenig. 2014. Housing & woodworking: latest trends & impacts
• Matt Bumgardner, Steven Johnson, William Luppold, Frances Maplesden, Ed. Pepke. 2014. Markets and market forces for lumber
• Urs Buehlmann, Omar Espinoza, Matt Bumgardner, Michael Sperber. 2013. Small enterprises' importance to the U.S. secondary wood processing industry
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Karen Koenig. 2013. Housing trends and impact on wood manufacturing
• Matt Bumgardner, Scott Bowe, Jan K. Wiedenbeck. 2013. Assessing the influence of forest ownership type and location on roundwood utilization at the stump and top in a region with small-diameter markets
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Michael Sperber. 2013. How small firms contrast with large firms regarding perceptions, practices, and needs in the U.S
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2013. Factors influencing changes in U.S. hardwood log and lumber exports from 1990 to 2011. BioResources
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Michael Sperber. 2012. Current status of the U.S. hardwood industry
• Matt Bumgardner, Gary Graham, Charles Goebel. 2012. Opportunities for development of local forest markets: the case of Amish furniture manufacturing
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Karl D. Forth. 2012. Lightweight panel study 2012: Perceptions and usage by North American wood products manufacturers
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Karen Koenig. 2012. Housing trends & impacts on wood products manufacturing
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Karen Koenig. 2011. Impact of construction and remodeling markets on the U.S. secondary hardwood products industry
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2011. Thirty-nine years of U.S. wood furniture importing: sources and products
• Omar Espinoza, Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Bob Smith. 2011. Manufacturers and distributors in the U.S. hardwood lumber supply chain: Perceptions of industry trends
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Jeff Crissey. 2011. Competitive actions of small firms in a declining market
• Omar Espinoza, Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Bob Smith. 2011. Assessing changes in the U.S. hardwood sawmill industry with a focus on markets and distribution
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, K. Koenig. 2011. Housing and the wood industry, trends & market conditions
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Jeff Crissey. 2011. Small enterprises as important hardwood lumber consumers: Evidence from the current housing downturn
• Urs Buehlmann, Omar Espinoza, Robert Smith, Matt Bumgardner. 2011. Hardwood lumber distribution yards: Output, demands, and perceptions of their role
• Matt Bumgardner, Gary W. Graham, P. Charles Goebel, Robert L. Romig. 2011. Perceptions of firms within a cluster regarding the cluster's function and success: Amish furniture manufacturing in Ohio
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2011. Changes in U.S. hardwood lumber exports, 1990 to 2008
• T. Davis Sydnor, Matt Bumgardner, Sakthi Subburayalu. 2011. Community ash densities and economic impact potential of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in four midwestern states
• Matt Bumgardner, Gary W. Graham, P. Charles Goebel, Robert L. Romig. 2011. How clustering dynamics influence lumber utilization patterns in the Amish-based furniture industry in Ohio
• David L. Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner, V. Barber. 2010. Consumer and manufacturer perceptions of hardwood panels made from character-marked lumber
• Urs Buehlmann, Omar Espinoza, Matt Bumgardner, Bob Smith. 2010. Trends in the US hardwood lumber distribution industry: changing products, customers, and services
• Association The Ohio Forestry, Division of Forestry ODNR, Matt Bumgardner. 2010. Ohio forest industry fact sheet.
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Karen Koenig. 2010. Housing market's impact on the secondary woodworking industry
• P. Charles Goebel, Matt Bumgardner, Daniel A. Herms, Andrew Sabula. 2010. Failure to phytosanitize ash firewood infested with emerald ash borer in a small dry kiln using ISPM-15 standards
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2010. An analysis of declines in hardwood lumber price of the past 40 years
• David Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner, Valerie Barber. 2010. Edge-glued panels from Alaska hardwoods: retail manager perspectives
• T. Davis Sydnor, Sakthi Subburayalu, Matt Bumgardner. 2010. Contrasting Ohio nursery stock availability with community planting needs
• Matt Bumgardner, David L. Nicholls, Valerie Barber. 2009. Character-marked furniture made from red alder harvested in southeast Alaska: product perspectives from consumers and retailers
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2009. The wood household furniture and kitchen cabinet industries: a contrast in fortune
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Tom Fluharty. 2009. Ban on landfilling of wooden pallets in North Carolina: an assessment of recycling and industry capacity
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Karl Forth. 2009. Perception of lightweight panels by U.S manufacturers
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2009. Patterns of hardwood sawmill industry concentration: Tennessee case study, 1979 to 2005
• Matt Bumgardner, Scott Bowe. 2009. Impacts of changing markets and the housing downturn on hardwood sawmills in Wisconsin
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Jeff Crissey. 2009. Surviving the deepening downturn
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2008. Regional analysis of hardwood lumber production: 1963 - 2005
• Scott Bowe, Matt Bumgardner, Terry Mace. 2008. Opportunities and challenges for the export of U.S. value-added wood products to China
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Mary Frye, Torsten Lihra. 2008. How do retailers rate the United States and Canada as furniture sources compared to China?
• Joseph Heimlich, T. Davis Sydnor, Matt Bumgardner, Patrick O'Brien. 2008. Attitudes of residents toward street trees on four streets in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. before removal of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) from emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2008. Procedures used to estimate hardwood lumber consumption from 1963 to 2002
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Jeff Crissey. 2008. Managing the downturn
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2008. Forty years of hardwood lumber consumption: 1963 to 2002
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2008. U.S. hardwood lumber production: 1963 to 2003
• Matt Bumgardner, Robert Romig, William Luppold. 2008. The Amish furniture cluster in Ohio: competitive factors and wood use estimates
• Delton Alderman, Matt Bumgardner, Scott Bowe, David Brinberg. 2008. Consumer ring count and grain texture preferences of selected eastern United States hardwoods
• Gary W. Graham, P. Charles Goebel, Randall B. Heiligmann, Matt Bumgardner. 2007. Influence of demographic characteristics on production practices within the Ohio maple syrup industry
• David Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner. 2007. Evaluating selected demographic factors related to consumer preferences for furniture from commercial and from underutilized species
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Mark Barford. 2007. Hardwood lumber supply chain: current status and market opportunities
• Matt Bumgardner. 2007. Market shifts: assessing changes in hardwood demand
• David Brinberg, Matt Bumgardner, Kim Daniloski. 2007. Understanding perception of wood household furniture: application of a policy capturing approach
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2007. Examination of lumber price trends for major hardwood species
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Mark Barford. 2007. Assessing the impacts of global competition on the Appalachian hardwood industry
• Matt Bumgardner, David Nicholls, Geoffrey Donovan. 2007. Effects of species information and furniture price on consumer preferences for selected woods
• T. Davis Sydnor, Matt Bumgardner, Andrew Todd. 2007. The potential economic impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) on Ohio, U.S., communities
• Matt Bumgardner, Robert Romig, William Luppold. 2007. Wood use by Ohio's Amish furniture cluster
• David L. Nicholls, Matt Bumgardner. 2007. Evaluating selected demographic factors related to consumer preferences for furniture from commercial and from underutilized species.
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2006. Two eras of globalization and hardwood sawtimber demand
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Torsten Lihra, Mary Frye. 2006. Attitudes of U.S. retailers toward China, Canada, and the United States as manufacturing sources for furniture: an assessment of competitive priorities
• Scott A. Bowe, Matt Bumgardner. 2006. Small-diameter timber utilization in Wisconsin: a case study of four counties
• Dan Cumbo, D. Earl Kline, Matt Bumgardner. 2006. Benchmarking performance measurement and lean manufacturing in the rough mill
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2006. Influence of markets and forest composition on lumber production in Pennsylvania
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Brooke Baldwin Wisdom, Brooke Baldwin Wisdom. 2005. Approaches to, and perceived benefits of, training in the secondary wood industry
• Delton Alderman, Matt Bumgardner, John E. Baumgras, John E. Baumgras. 2005. An Assessment of the Red Maple Resource in the Northeastern United States
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner, Matt Bumgardner. 2005. Regional Changes in the Timber Resources of and Lumber Production in Pennsylvania
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2004. An examination of eastern U.S. hardwood roundwood markets
• Matt Bumgardner, Urs Buehlmann, Al Schuler, Rich Christianson. 2004. Domestic competitiveness in secondary wood industries
• Scott A. Bowe, Matt Bumgardner. 2004. Consumer Perceptions and Knowledge of Common Furniture Woods
• Scott A. Bowe, Matt Bumgardner, Matt Bumgardner. 2004. Species selection in secondary wood products: perspectives from different consumers
• Matt Bumgardner. 2003. Using more of what trees provide - why not knots?
• William Luppold, Matt Bumgardner. 2003. What is low-value and/or low-grade hardwood?
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Rich Christianson, Rich Christianson. 2003. Domestic Wood Products Manufacturing Trends and Factors to Enhance Competitiveness
• Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Rich Christianson. 2003. U.S. Competitiveness Study: How Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturers Compare
• Matt Bumgardner, Scott Bowe, Scott Bowe. 2002. From Preconceived Perceptions to Purchasing Realities, Species Names Carry Powerful Marketing Images (an editorial)
• Matt Bumgardner, Scott A. Bowe, Scott A. Bowe. 2002. Species selection in secondary wood products: implications for product design and promotion
• Matt Bumgardner, Bruce G. Hansen, Al Schuler, Philip A. Araman, Philip Araman. 2001. Options for Small-Diameter Hardwood Utilization: Past and Present
• Matt Bumgardner, R.J. Bush, C.D. West, Cynthia West. 2001. Knots as an incongruent product feature: a demonstration of the potential for character-marked hardwood furniture
• Matt Bumgardner, Bruce Hansen, Albert T. Schuler, Philip Araman. 2000. Options for small-diameter hardwood utilization: past and present
• Vijay S. Reddy, Robert J. Bush, Matt Bumgardner, James L. Chamberlain, Philip Araman. 1997. Wood Use in the U.S. Pallet and Container Industry: 1995
• Robert J. Bush, Vijay S. Reddy, Matt Bumgardner, James L. Chamberlain, Philip Araman. 1997. Recycling In The U.S. Pallet Industry: 1995

• Program
  

  Ecological Sustainability of Central Appalachian Forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/appalachian
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  Northern Research Station