Planning in the Face of Change, an Urban Forestry Webinar Series: Urban Wood Resource
Webinar Details
When:
Jan 29, 2015 10:00 am US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Harry Watt, Wood Products Specialist, North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension
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First in a series of 5 urban forestry webinars, monthly from January through May 2015, sponsored by NC Forest Service, Community and Urban Forestry Program. This webinar addresses urban wood as a community resource. To see the full schedule of webinars, please visit: www.ncsu-feop.org/UFW
Communities, large and small, make decisions about how to best dispose of waste wood materials as a routine part of their urban forestry programs. Recently, both public interest in sustainable energy, and economic opportunities, have opened a market for urban wood. This resource may have value and benefits that are only now being thoughtfully considered.
- What is urban wood, its source, its possibilities?
- How can it be managed?
- What are people/communities doing to maximize the benefits of this wood source?
- What resources are out there?
- How do you get started?
This webinar will help urban foresters, local leaders, and professional planners determine if and how and urban wood program is an option for their a community or municipality.
Harry Watt is a Wood Products Specialist working for North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension who works in the forest and wood products industry from sawmills through value added products like cabinets, furniture and millwork. He focuses on helping clients grow sales and profitability through supporting grants. Harry is working with the North Carolina Urban Forestry Council to promote the full value utilization of materials removed from urban forests. Harry has worked in many woodworking sectors including furniture, hardwood plywood, caskets and dimension products.
To view other webinars in the series click on the title below.
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