Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin

Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin* is a network of independent businesses and nonprofit organizations recycling urban wood. Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin promotes the social, environmental and economic value of urban wood to communities and owners across Wisconsin. As a network, Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin drives utilization of urban forest raw materials to create the highest value forest products to increase the post removal benefits of trees. The goals of the charter are to enrich Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin's relationship with the Department as well as improve urban forest management practices.

Environmental Activities

The Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin Charter provides value to Wisconsin by:

• supporting UWN-W to serve as a champion for urban wood and act as a connection between the traditional and urban wood industries, municipalities, counties and end users;
• filling critical roles on committees and advisory teams
• collaborating on initiatives to seek and address current or emerging issues affecting urban wood utilization in Wisconsin and to provide training when needed;
• providing urban forest owners with a network of arborists who are practicing sound business management practices by following Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin governing documents and DNR’s best management practices, and guidelines.

Documents

News Release

• DNR’s Green Tier Program Celebrates Participant Anniversaries
• Wisconsin Urban Wood and the City of Marshfield partner on an urban wood use agreement

Annual report

• Current report
• Previous annual reports

Charter

• Charter For Superior Environmental Performance with the Urban Wood Network - Wisconsin

* Formerly Wisconsin Urban Wood