Urban Wood Use, Keeping Lumber out of Landfills and More
The Virginia Department of Forestry along with the Virginia Urban Forest Council is promoting better use of urban wood from both tree removal and building deconstruction. This is a nationwide movement to use a valuable resource, extend the carbon storage of urban wood and provide jobs. Below is a YouTube video of a story from CBS:
As part of this effort they have developed the Urban and Small Woodlot Forestry Business Directory found here: https://treesvirginia.org/education/directory. This directory covers small lot management, harvesting, milling, and end use production. If you or your neighbors have a tree they are planning to take down, consult the directory and look for something other to do with the tree than sending to the landfill or the chipper.