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Turning Urban and Community Trees into Products Involves the Entire Wood Use Chain: Arborists - fell trees, harvest logs Sawyers - mill logs into lumber Woodworkers - build wood products from lumber Intermediaries - specify and sell wood products End users - buy finished wood products
Utilizer 2012 Urban Timber Harvesting for Hardwood Lumber Utilization and Recovery. Spring/Summer 2012. More Details to Come.
Past Events in 2011 Municipal Managers Urban Timber Harvesting for Hardwood Lumber Utilization and Recovery. November 10, St. Charles, IL. December 1, Rantoul, IL. North Carolina Urban Wood Confernce October 21-22, 2011 Biltmore Estate, Ashville, NC Society of Municipal Arborists International Urban Forestry Conference September 25-28, 2011 Milwaukee, WI The Dollars & Sense of Going Green Conference March 17-18, 2011, Indianapolis, IN Purdue University and Wood & Wood Products team up for the third “green” conference
Past Events in 2010 Symposium on Ash in North America, March 9-11, 2010, West Lafayette, IN Dolly Spragins, co-chair of Rising From Ashes: Furniture from Lost Trees, will be presenting on furniture from salvage ash. 2010 Furniture Society Conference, Fusions: Minds & Hands Shaping Our Future June 16-19 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Feasibility Study for a Community Wood Reclamation System Webinar Presentation 9/22/2011 The IL EAB WUT conducted a Feasibility Study for a Community Wood Reclamation System. The study identified potential supply and markets, reviewed operational logistics and organizational options, and created financial projections for a multi-municipality staging center for tree removal, reclamation, and distribution. The study examined a pilot center at the start-up biomass energy plant, Robbins Community Power (RCP) in Robbins, Illinois, with an eye toward both creating satellite locations and franchising the system to other areas. In addition to being located in an Urban Enterprise Zone with business tax incentives, the RCP site provides several synergies. The Community Wood Reclamation System will not only source wood chips for RCP's biomass energy needs, it will also divert higher quality wood for grade lumber, pallet cants, railroad ties, and local use, thus assuring landowners that their trees will realize the highest possible use. The Robbins site can also provide land for the reclamation center, and excess heat from the co-generation plant could possibly be used for kiln-drying lumber. The study will look at developing local markets through municipal and other governmental procurement policies and industry outreach. The Illinois Emerald Ash Borer Wood Utilization Team (WUT) and an Industry Advisory Council is overseeing the research, which is being conducted by the Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and the marketing consulting firm, Work In Motion. The thirteen-member WUT representing state, local and federal agencies, industry, and non-profit organizations will create a user-friendly publication and present a webinar on its findings for other communities considering the development of a community wood reclamation system. The project is funded by the U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC).
Urban Forest Products Alliance The Tri-State Urban Wood Marketing and Certification Collaborative, of which the Illinois Emerald Ash Borer Wood Utilization Team is a member, held a series of three roundtables involving key players in the wood products, urban forestry, government, and green building and products sectors. The first roundtable was titled: Finding Value in Urban and Community Trees: Marketing Green Products from Non-Traditional Forests; the second: Urban and Community Wood: Developing and Managing a Brand; and the third: Urban and Community Wood: Developing an Association, Developing a Strategic Plan. As a result of these sessions, industry, government, and non-profit leaders are coming together as the Urban Forest Products Alliance (UFPA) with the mission of advancing the highest and best use of the products of sustainably-managed urban forests and the vision of putting all wood from urban trees to good use. For more information on UFPA, please join the LinkedIn group, Urban Forest Products Alliance.TheU.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) funded the roundtables under the project title, Marketing Urban Wood through Certification and Branding. The lead organization is the Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation & Development Council. Brochures, Reports, and Presentations Marketing Urban Trees for Higher Uses 2011 This handout provides infromation including. Markets for community trees, a listing of Illinois sawyers accepting and processing urban and community trees, an ash wood properties page, and a letter for homeowners interested in utilizing trees. Cincinnati Urban Timber Program The Urban Timber program is a groundbreaking initiative between Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Parks, and the Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District. This unique program supports the management of our urban trees, local businesses, local school facilities, and the education of our children. Urban Forestry: an Evolving Discipline This report by Steve Bratkovitch, (Dovetail Partners Inc.) focuses on urban forestry and its continuing transformation into a discipline that mirrors many of the considerations and complexities of traditional forest management. Wood Utilization Team brochure: Reclaim Trees. Reduce Waste. Create Beauty. Illinois Emerald Ash Borer Wood Utilization Team brochure advocating the use of ash wood: Create Beauty From Ash Trees Affected by EAB Beetles, Bats and Beyond: Harvesting Community Timber Wood Utlization Team PowerPoint Presentation on the links in the community wood use chain. Today Show Feature on Wilmette Wonder Boys Tells the story of Little League baseball bats made from Emerald Ash Board made from trees taken down in the Illinois suburb of Wilmette Lumber and Biomass Flow in the Hardwood Industry Presentation by Daniel Cassens, Professor of Wood Products at Purdue University, following costs and pricing through the wood products industry supply chain. Environmental & Urban Wood Reclamation Chicago's Urban Forest: Research and Opportunity Identification Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design Graduate Student Report citing creative options for urban wood use. Environmental & Urban Wood Reclamation For the Betterment of the Urban Forest City Trees magazine article by Homewood Village Jim Tresouthick describing wood utilization
Useful Illinois Websites Illinois Department of Agriculture Emerald Ash Borer Information Rising From Ashes: Furniture From Lost Trees
Useful websites from other states Ash Utilization Options Project of Southeast Michigan
Contacts for Arborists, Sawyers, and Woodworkers
Certified Arborists For Hire in Illinois The Illinois Arborist Association maintains this directory of certified arborists September 2011 Illinois Directory of Small Custom Sawmills Find mills willing and able to mill infested ash trees and other urban and community timber. Architectural Woodwork Institute Cabinet Makers Association Certified Custom Woodworkers Association Chicago Furniture Designers Association Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Custom Made Woodworkers Directory
Illinois Emerald Ash Borer Wood Utilization Team
Illinois Emerald Ash Borer Wood Utilization Team Members Team Chairperson Edith Makra Team Members Robert Benjamin Laureen T. Blissard Jeffrey Coath Paul Deizman Tom Dilley Tom Gargrave Jay Hayek Juli Heminghous Edward Kalebich Dick Little Matt Seiler Randy Timmons Jim Tresouthick Staff Michele Beaulieux Carrie Tauscher
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