Highlights from the urban wood seminar at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) will be presented during an Oct. 11 webcast by the Wood Education and Resource Center.
The webcast is now archived and available on demand at http://www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/eab.shtm.
Rich Christianson, communications director of the Illinois Wood Utilization Team, will lead the discussion about “Urban Wood Utilization: Making Products & Profits from Landscape Trees.” The seminar, organized by the Full Circle Urban Forest Network, was held Aug. 26 at IWF 2016, North America’s largest woodworking event.
The IWF presentation is one of nine updates on the docket for WERC’s Fall Urban Wood Utilization Webcast, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EST) Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Here’s the full schedule of the webcast.
1:00 p.m. Introduction and Overview
Ed Cesa, U.S. Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center
1:10 p.m. Update on Urban Forest Products Standard
Bob Rouse, Tree Care Industry Association
1:25 p.m. Update on International Woodworking Fair Urban Wood Activities & Illinois Wood Utilization Team Activities
Rich Christianson, Illinois Wood Utilization Team
1:50 p.m. Example of Urban Wood Utilization in Charlotte, NC
Harry Watt, NCSU Wood Products Extension
2:15 p.m. Urban Wood Products Exchange and Urban Wood Usage Video
Eric Muecke, North Carolina State Forestry
2:25 p.m. Northern Virginia Urban Wood Utilization and Marketing Workshop
Joe Lehnen, Virginia Department of Forestry
2:35 p.m. Harrisburg, PA, Urban Wood Utilization Efforts
Ellen Roane, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
2:45 p.m. Update on Wisconsin’s Urban Wood Utilization Activities
Sabina Dhungana, Wisconsin Division of Forestry
2:55 p.m. Update on MI Urban Wood Utilization
Jessica Simons, Southeast Michigan RC&D Council
3:00 p.m. Final comments and date for next webcast
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Attend the Oct. 11 webcast by following these instructions:
Connect to the Adobe Connect web meeting:https://usfs.adobeconnect.com/werc-500/
- Keep “Enter as a Guest” selected
- Type your name into the “name” box
- Click “Enter Room”
- For audio: Dial in by phone: 888-844-9904; access code: 7578516
The webcast will be archived and available on demand at http://www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/eab.shtm.
