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MAR 2022 – Final Edition … for Now; Stay in Touch with UWN-IL; Taylor Guitar Feted by Fast Company
FEB 2022 – UWN-IL to Meet at Icon Modern; Why Glen Ellyn Village Forester Joined UWN-IL; Room & Board Launches National Urban Ash Table Line
JAN 2022 – IL Chapter of Urban Wood Network Officially Launches; Why SAWINC Joined the UWN-IL; Don Peterson Dies
DEC 2021 – 2021’s Top Posts; My Sycamore Tree’s Worth $371 a Year; Online Guide to Illinois Custom Sawmills
NOV 2021 – Urban Wood Network Slates Dec. 2 Meeting; Quebec’s ‘Cannonball Tree;’ Sinker Cypress Desk Is Wood-Mizer Award Winner
OCT 2021 – Chicago’s Urban Forestry Metrics; Sawing Urban Wood with an Alaskan Chainsaw Mill; Traece Software for Managing Urban Lumber Inventories
SEP 2021 – Celebrate OAKtober; CalFire Awards Urban Sawyer Grant; Cheyenne, WY, Braces for EAB’s Arrival
AUG 2021 – Invitation to Join Illinois Chapter of the Urban Wood Network; Twin City Closet’s Reclaimed Ash Conference Table; Waukesha County Receives SFI Community Forest Grant
JUL 2021 – The Making of Taylor’s Urban Wood Guitars; Video: Deadwood Revival Design’s Full-Circle Approach; USDA Awards $15M in Urban Forestry Grants
JUN 2021 – Black Oak Logs Converted into Table; Urban Ashes Partners with NextCycle Michigan; Restoring the American Chestnut Video Part 2
MAY 2021 – Chicago Region Urban Forest Tree Census; House Bill Would Incentivise Urban Wood Use; WI Prof Named Man of the Year for Urban Wood Use Program
APR 2021 – SFI Commits to Urban Forest Sustainability Standard; UWN Announces First State Chapters; Restoring the American Chestnut Video
MAR 2021 – Does Chicago Need an Urban Forest Advisory Board?; Urban Wood Italian Style; NC Produces Urban Forest PSAs
FEB 2021 – Chicago Park District’s Wintery Milling Project; USDA Ends EAB Quarantine; Wood From The Hood Educates Woodworker’s Guild
JAN 2021 – The Search for EAB-resistant Trees; CBS News Reports on Baltimore Urban Wood Projects; Fact Sheet Touts WI Urban Wood Successes
DEC 2020 – Urban Tree Monitoring Video Series; Urban Tree Merchants’ Scoreboard; Harrisonburg, VA’s Commitment to Urban Wood Use
JUL 2020 – Chicago Neighborhood Makes a Stand to Save Ash Trees; Sculptures Feature Urban Spalted Maple
MAY 2020 – Taylor Guitar Uses Urban Ash for Tonewood; 600-Year-Old Oak Stars in Documentary; Video: Urban Wood Rescue of Sacramento
APR 2020 – Children in Rome Experience Urban Wood; Sawmill Sid Craft Beer; Webinar Highlights Urban Lumber Business Strategies
FEB 2020 – Repurposing Felled Walnut Trees from Grinnell College; EAB Study Compares Minneapolis vs. Vienna
JAN 2020 – Sculptures Breathe Fresh Life into Dying Trees; Sculptor Adds Urban Wood to Her Palette; Urban Wood Action Guide’ Alabama Sawyer Fills Big Restaurant Order
JUL 2019 – Support OAKtober; Madison, WI, a Progressive Urban Wood City; Urban Wood Toolkit Webinar On Demand
JUN 2019 – Petition for National Urban Wood Day, Chicagoans ‘Import’ Urban Wood Table from KC; Event to Feature Coast-to-Coast Urban Wood
MAR 2019 – Urban Sawmilling in Hawaii; (Urban) Lumberwoman’s New Enterprise; Forest Proud
JAN 2019 – Urban Wood Network Sets 2019 Membership Fees; Top Posts of 2018; Chainsaw Sculptures
NOV 2018 – What’s That Urban Log Worth?; Dan Cassens on Running an Urban Sawmill Business; Urban Wood Across America
OCT 2018 – Greater West Town Celebrates 25 Years, URban Lumber Certification Update; Urban Wood Recovery Teams
MAR 2018 – 31 States Infested by EAB; VA Urban Wood Group Launches Website; Urban Wood Network Slates Webinar
FEB 2018 – Chicago AWI Members Tour Icon Modern, Milling an Urban Honey Locust Log, Project Aims to Set Unified Certification Standards for Urban Wood
JUL 2016 – IWF Seminar Aims to Demystify Urban Wood Use; Sterling Lumber Wins Two Awards
JUN 2016 – Urban Wood Directory Listings Sought; Chicago Botanic Garden Exhibit
MAY 2016 – Urban Wood Stars in IWF Seminar; Couple ‘Sacrificed Our Lives’ for Urban Wood Business
APR 2016 – Urban Wood Products Showcase Photo Galleries; Urban Wood at Canadian A&D Show
MAR 2016 – Full Circle Conference Wrap Up; Urban Wood Products Showcase Winners
FEB 2016 – Widespread Support for Bringing the Urban Forest Circle Event; ASLA & AIA Offer CEUs
JAN 2016 – Urban Wood Conference Topics Go Full Circle; An Urban Wood Boardwalk
DEC 2015 – Registration Opens for Urban Wood Conference; IL Sawmill Directory Being Updated
OCT 2015 – IL Drops EAB Quarantine; IL WUT Attends IAA Event
SEP 2015 – Urban Wood Conference Set for March 18, 2016
AUG 2015 – Historic Bell Tolls for Urban Wood; WUT Makes Waves on Chicago Radio
JUL 2015 – Illinois WUT Receives Grant; Color Point Bioenergy Tour
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