Utilizing the Urban Forest: Turning Urban Trees into
Wood Products
Functional and beautiful wood comes from commercial forests – but it also comes from urban forests, through innovative partnerships and business ventures in local communities that provide a wide array of wood products. Yet the value of many urban trees is wasted and they incur unnecessary costs when they are hauled to landfills or chipped into mulch.
Utilizing the wood in urban trees can benefit local economies, reduce transportation and disposal costs, and support a positive relationship between people and the trees in their communities. North Carolina’s urban forests present the opportunity to find viable, sustainable, economically feasible ways to manage our natural resources.
Who Should Come and Why
Are you a municipal arborist, tree service operator, wood artisan, sawmill operator, private entrepreneur, urban forester or an active community member who cares about the urban forest? Come to this conference to learn about and discuss issues that municipalities face with tree removal and disposal; ways to cut, mill and process urban trees safely and efficiently; how to successfully market urban tree products; and admire displays of wood arts and crafts. Share your knowledge and experiences, and become involved in shaping the future of urban tree utilization in North Carolina.
Sponsors
Utilizing the Urban Forest is hosted and organized by the Dept. of Geography and Planning at Appalachian State University with the support of the Community Woodlands Alliance, NC State Cooperative Extension, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources. Conference organizing is funded by a grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Education Resource Center to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
