Video Update: TV News Features Restore’s Rescued Wood Project
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Last month we posted a press release from the Habitat for Humanity Wisconsin’s Rescued Wood Program. It discussed the organization’s partnership with the City of West Bend, WI, in which city trees removed because of infestation by the emerald ash borer or other reason are sent to a local sawmill operated by Habitat for Humanity. Lumber milled from these trees is either being used in homes constructed by Habitat or sold at its Restore operation.
More recently, WISN of Milwaukee, an ABC affiliate, ran a report on the Rescued Wood Program. Here’s a link to the 2-minute feature: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/infected-trees-recycled-into-wood-for-homes/vp-AAmH5E2.
Great program. Of course I don’t know all the hurdles and logisitics, but wouldn’t it be great to see what’s happening in West Bend, Wisconsin with Habitat for Humanity and make that something spreads to other parts of the country? People are putting in these beautiful homes with useful, yet unique wood features. Granted I love the wood bikes of Colorado I saw in the other piece out of Boulder, but this Wisconsin project appears to have the potential to have a far reaching impact for families across the country.