Wildland/urban interface | Pacific Northwest Research Station | PNW - US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/national-research-taxo... [Fire Risk Management] [Seminars/Webinars/Conferences] 2021

Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center. - Any - Datasets Documents and Media Events Experimental Forests and Ranges Galleries Groups News Releases PNW Datasets PNW Research Highlights Page People Program Projects Publications Research Labs Science Stories Tools. You are here Home >> National Research Taxonomy >> Wildland/urban interface. Reducing fuels and advancing equity: Incorporating environmental justice into hazardous fuels management. In 1994, an executive order on en...

Northeast Center for Urban & Community Forestry
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-- Serving New England and New York --. is a cooperative partnership among the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the. and the seven states of New England and New York. to Urban and Community Forestry needs, facilitates and supports new. and existing research, and coordinates the exchange of information among. the states in the region in order to contribute to healthy and sustainable. groups, state, federal, and local governments, and other organizations,. ...

Membership to the Urban Wood Network
https://urbanwoodnetwork.org/join-the-movement... [Networks and Associations] [Unclassified/Other]

. The links in the chain are clearly defined as the entities and businesses who own or manage the resources, those who process urban wood from the trees to a variety of finished products, and those who specify and manufacture its use as premium end products. The urban wood supply chain is special in that every link can and does work directly with consumers. Come join the movement!. Joining the urban wood movement first means becoming a valuable link in the urban wood supply chain And second,...

Grinnell College’s felled walnut trees graduate into benches | Illinois Urban Wood
https://illinoisurbanwood.org/grinnell-colleges-fe... [Companies and Products] [Education] [Web Page] 2010
Kevin Field
Urban Wood User s Resource Guide. Feb 27 2020 0Commentby Urban Wood Update. Grinnell College s felled walnut trees graduate into benches Posted in Blogs. (Note: Slide captions at end of post. A while back, I received a very intriguing email. was planning a major expansion of one of its oldest instructional buildings, and several very large, black walnut trees stood within the new-construction footprint. Chris Bair, the college s environmental and safety coordinator, contacted me and severa...

Is My Yard Tree Worth Money?
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/um/whatMyYar... [Urban Forestry] [] [Brochure/Product Sheet] 2010
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
This handout was developed to help landowners determine the value of their yard tree. Not all hardwoods including walnut are valuable. Only yard trees of exceptional quality and significant volume have value Following are the four most important steps to determine the value and marketability of yard trees....

Markets growing for urban wood across Wisconsin
https://forestrynews.blogs.govdelivery.com/2019/01... [Urban Wood Utilization] [Success Stories and Reports] [Report] 2019
Scott Lyon
Many communities have expressed greater interest in local goods and services over the last few years; as a result, urban wood recycling efforts have increased in Wisconsin The increase of trees killed by invasive insects and disease caused many municipalities to seek alternative uses for urban wood rather than disposing material in a landfill. Recent efforts to market this growing source of material and develop ways to recycle urban trees within communities led Wisconsin to become one of the le...

Our History — Old Florida Lumber Company
https://oldfloridalumber.com/our-history... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022
Old Florida Lumber Company
Old Florida Lumber Company built and opened its current facility in 2008, founded by Randy Shropshire and his wife, Cathy, both Florida natives for over 60 years. Randy, OFLC's president, has been a State Certified General Contractor since 1980. Randy has been partially specializing in custom building, along with historical salvaged materials and restoration projects since 1973. It was then, during the summer between his junior and senior year at South Broward High School- with his father, Jim...

About | Urban Wood Network West | Sheridan, CA
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Urban Wood Network Member Search: World Map. For over two decades, companies and individuals in the West have been struggling to keep our urban lumber,. salvaged lumber, and reclaimed woods out of the waste stream and give them a second life. All too often, we hear stories of beautiful wood that someone had just sent through a chipper because they didn t realize there were other options. Neither the average tree service company or the homeowner realized there was value to these woods once th...

The Urban Wood Revolution is Now! Come Join the Movement
https://illinoisurbanwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2... [Networks and Associations] [] [Presentation] 2021
Wood-Mizer
THE URBAN WOOD REVOLUTION IS NOW! Source: Dan Herms, OSU, via University of California JENNIFER ALGER CEO, Far West Forest Products / Representative of Urban JOE LEHNEN Forest Utilization & Marketing Specialist, Virginia Department of Forestry, Representative of Virginia Urban Wood Group Owner, Wudeward Urban Forest Products / Representative....

Explore Urban Forestry Today
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Final Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan!. UCF Tools, Resources, Programs, and Activities. The field of Urban Forestry is vast and wide. In the process of creating the next Ten-Year Action Plan, our team has learned much about the state of the field and the stakeholders who have an interest in the urban forestry. Explore the pages listed below to learn more!. Urban and Community Forestry Tools, Programs, Resources, and Activities. 2021 Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan. All Rights Rese...

About - Aged Woods, Inc.
https://www.agedwoods.com/about... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022

Aged Woods, Inc, was started in 1984 by Donald Sprenkle, Jr as First Capitol Wood Products, Inc. He had been restoring an old stone farmhouse in southern York County and wanted to use cypress in his bathroom and shower. He contacted a local. used wood dealer , as they were known then, and contracted to buy a small quantity of cypress removed from mushroom houses in southeastern Pennsylvania. When many of his friends expressed interest in buying some as well, a light went on in his head. A l...

Growing Need for Urban Forests as Urban Land Expands
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/news/release/urban-fores... [Urban Forestry] [] [Report] 2018
Jane Hodgins
A new USDA Forest Service study projects that urban land in Lower 48 states will more than double between 2010 and 2060, which will affect forest and agricultural lands that are being converted to urban uses as well as expand the importance of urban forests in relation to environmental quality and human well-being. A USDA Forest Service study recently published in the Journal of Forestry,. US Urban Forest Statistics, Values and Projections,. estimates change in urban land on a national level ...

Resources – Southwestern Medical District Streetscape Transformation
https://swmdtransformation.com/resources... [Networks and Associations] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2022
Texas Trees Foundation
A Transformation Years in the Making. Texas Trees Foundation has been working in Dallas. Southwestern Medical District since 2015. Since then, two separate vision processes have been undertaken to reimagine the District. Equitable engagement efforts for this next phase will move these preliminary vision documents, which are meant to serve as a starting point for discussion, into a detailed design that is shovel-ready. State of the Dallas Urban Forest. first assessment that focused on our m...

US Urban Forest Statistics, Values, and Projections
https://academic.oup.com/jof/article/116/2/164/493... [Urban Forestry] [Environment and Sustainability] [Journal Article]

US Urban Forest Statistics, Values, and Projections | Journal of Forestry | Oxford....

New York City Street Tree Map
https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org... [Education] [Urban Forestry] [Web Page] 2022
City of New York
The New York City Street Tree Map brings New York City’s urban forest to your fingertips. For the first time, you have access to information about every street tree in New York City. Learn about the trees that make up our city’s urban forest, mark trees as favorites and share them with your friends, and record and share all of your caretaking and tree stewardship activities....

Sears Trostel Lumber and Reclaimed Wood Decorative Impacts
https://sears-trostel.com/blog/13758/Sears-Trostel... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2018
Sears Trostel Lumber & Millwork
The beauty of wood in an intended natural state is unmatched and used for a variety of decorative and construction applications throughout homes and businesses everywhere. Most recently, reclaimed wood has been extremely in demand due to the second nature and purpose for many applications, creating an even more beautiful piece or focal point in a room or home....

Unique Custom Handmade Dining Tables | Dumond s Custom Furniture
https://dumonds.com/unique-custom-handmade-dining-... [Companies and Products] [Reclaimed Wood] [Web Page] 2018
Dumond's Custom Furniture Inc.
Dumond’s large rustic, contemporary, and modern handmade dining tables are crafted from Walnut, Cherry, Bubinga, Maple, Oak and other unusual woods. These are unique, unusual, artistic, one of a kind, rustic handmade dining tables custom made to order!!!...

Reclaimed goods and architectural Salvage | Second Hand Goods
https://shop.thereclaimedcompany.co.uk/home/reclai... [Reclaimed Wood] [Companies and Products] [Web Page] 2022
The Reclaimed Company
At The Reclaimed Company we specialise in reclaimed goods and architectural salvage, in particular second hand roofing and building materials. We that everything deserves a second chance. By reusing salvaged items for construction we are helping to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing and transporting new products. Our eclectic stocks offer savvy salvage hunters a plethora of choice when it comes to all things reclaimed. At the Reclaimed company, our ethos is simple. By offering...

Deploying initial attack resources for wildfire suppression: spatial coordination, budget constraints, and capacity constraints
https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjfr-... [Fire Risk Management] [] [Journal Article] 2012
Yohan Lee, Jeremy S. Fried, Heidi J. Albers, and Robert G. Haight
We combine a scenario-based, standard-response optimization model with stochastic simulation to improve the efficiency of resource deployment for initial attack on wildland fires in three planning units in California. The optimization model minimizes the expected number of fires that do not receive a standard response — defined as the number of resources by type that must arrive at the fire within a specified time limit — subject to budget and station capacity constraints and uncertainty about t...

A conceptual framework for the study of human ecosystems in urban areas | Treesearch
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/49179... [Urban Forestry] [Education] [Journal Article] 1997
Steward T.A. Pickett; William R. Burch; Shawn E. Dalton; Timothy W. Foresman; J. Morgan Grove; Rowan Rowntree
The need for integrated concepts, capable of satisfying natural and social scientists and supporting integrated research, motivates a conceptual framework for understanding the role of humans in ecosystems. The question is how to add humans to the ecological models used to understand urban ecosystems. The ecosystem concept can serve as the basis, but specific social attributes of humans and their institutions must be added. Learning and feedback between the human and natural components of urban ...