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Entrepreneurs log the unwanted urban forest Christian Science Monitor | Aaron Clark | December 21, 2005 Donald "Stubby" Warmbold remembers the day he saw a 100-year-old oak tree cut into 12-inch lengths of firewood. A new homeowner in suburban Mercer County, N.J., wanted to expand a driveway, so the tree had to go. "It was a beautiful, beautiful red oak," says Mr. Warmbold, who had recently lost a lucrative telephone polemaking business because new environmental laws had reduced his lumber supply. "That's a waste," he recalls thinking. "That's when the little light bulb went on." Warmbold realized the tree could have been put to better use. Such high-quality wood could be turned into furniture or flooring or, at the very least, park benches. Traditionally, urban trees chopped down because of disease, age, or development have been sent to the dump. But increasingly, entrepreneurs and small businesses are identifying ways to more constructively use the estimated 3.8 billion board feet of timber - about 25 percent of the annual hardwood lumber production in the United States every year - that is removed from cities and suburbs annually. That's roughly enough wood to build about 275,000 new homes, and only a small fraction is now recycled. More arborists and city officials are using the timber from these trees for firewood or wood chips. Warmbold and a handful of others are trying to take that a step further, turning unwanted oaks, pines, and ash trees into flooring, cabinetry, custom molding, and high-end furniture. "We're about repairing things and not throwing them away," Warmbold says. Warmbold and his wife, Maria, started Citilogs, six years ago in Pittstown, N.J. They salvage trees from urban parks and suburban homes and have clients all along the East Coast and in Chicago. Warmbold typically hauls away trees that have fallen down due to weather or disease for clients who want them made into customized tables, desks, cabinetry, or other woodworks. After removing them, he usually ships the wood to Amish craftsmen in Pennsylvania, who create custom pieces made with nontoxic glues and finishes. Sometimes he turns the trees into lumber his clients will use in construction projects. He charges for overseeing the removal of trees, the

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Please read this story carefullyâ&#x20AC;Śmoney depends on it. Once again, Tree Care Advisors have a chance to be part of the larger urban forestry community in Minnesota. The 2006 MN Shade Tree Short Course (STSC) will be held on March 21 and 22, 2006, at Bethel College in Arden Hills, Minnesota. You are invited to participate as a full registrant, at a reduced rate or as a volunteer with a complimentary registration.

Registration brochures for the STSC have been mailed out. This year, we will have a separate area for TCAs to dine (for lunches) on both days. This allows an opportunity for you to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones.

Reduced Rates for Active Members (such a deal!) (see page 9 for your level)

Platinum Level (>500 documented hours as of 12-31-04) : Free Registration! Gold Level (300-499 hours): 80% discount = $29.00 registration fee. Silver Level (200-299 hours): 60% discount = $58.00 registration fee. Bronze Level (100-199 hours): 40% discount = $87.00 registration fee.

Read and follow these instructions carefully: 1. Determine your TCA Activity Level (e.g., Silver). If you are uncertain, contact Dave Hansonâ&#x20AC;Śhe keeps the records. 2. When you receive your registration brochure, fill out all information and include a check payable to "University of Minnesota" for the appropriate registration amount (e.g., for Silver Level, it would be $58.00).

3. Mail the registration form and check to: Dave Hanson, TCA/STSC 2006, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55108. DO NOT MAIL THE REGISTRATION AND MONEY TO ANYONE BUT DAVE HANSON. DO NOT WRITE THE CHECK TO ANYTHING BUT "UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA!" We have had problems in the past when TCAs have sent their registration to the registrar at the College of Continuing Education. They don' t know what' s going on. In the past, we' ve taken care of problems and straightened everything out. No longer. The registrar has instructions to ignore any registration that is not for the full amount unless Dave and I submit it.

The same goes for checks in payment for registration. Do not write them to "Shade Tree Short Course," or "Tree Care Advisor Program," or "Dave Hanson." They will be returned to you because we cannot cash or deposit them. (Sorry, Dave) 4. Dave and I will submit your registrations to the Registrar for the STSC and you will have a registration packet and badge waiting for you at the registration desk. Please help us by following these steps. It gets way too confusing when people just do what they want to do, and we can' t take the time to straighten things out anymore.

Volunteer at the STSC There will be a limited number of openings for TCA volunteers at the STSC in 2006. If you are interested in volunteering and receiving a free registration, please follow these directions: 1. Be willing to contribute up to four hours a day at the STSC as a volunteer. 2. Be willing to do what the volunteer coordinator asks you to do, not just what you want to do. 3. Contact the STSC Volunteer Coordinator, Barb Harlan, and sign up as a volunteer. Barbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s email address is ( 9 P + % . Please email Barb whenever possible. If necessary, her phone number is 763-784-0251. 4. Barb has complete authority over the volunteer aspect of the STSC; Dave and I as well as the STSC Registrar and CCE will always defer to Barb. 5. Barb will work with you on your duties. She will also send me a list of volunteers. Please fill out a registration form after you have been assigned a volunteer task, send it to Dave Hanson, but include no registration fee. Simply write "TCA Volunteer" at the top of the registration form and "N/A" in the amount column. Dave and I will submit your registration to the Registrar. Do Not Send the Registration to the Registrar. She will not know what to do with it. Every year, our volunteers receive nothing but accolades from the participants at the STSC. For many people, you are the main reason that they enjoy the conference and get so much out of it. You should feel very proud and honored if you are a volunteer there and/or have been one in the past. We can't do it without you.

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Silver Club

Barker, Anna

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Batzer, Harold

Bolander, Diana

Carroll, Doris

Dolby, Audrey

Couture, Paul

Eberlein, Frances

Drolson, Laurie

Friederichs, Pat

Erdman, Janet

Hanson, Gordon

Fisk, Sharon

Hueser, Charles

Gilligan, Lee

Koetter, Rebecca

Goehring, Cindy

Ludwig, Heide

Goodfellow-Hayer, Terri

Nellis, Joyce

Griffin, Gail

Pedersen, Dorothy

Hardy, Roxanne

Peterson, Leah

Hjellming, Jean

Pollock, Kathy

Johnson, Holly

Saltvold, Jane

Kari, Claire

Williams, Winnie

Karsell, Kay M. Klessig, Lynn A. Kuechle, Deb

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Ballentine, Diane

Keleher, Lou Ann

Paulson, David Vernon, Lynn Wagner, Vera Wedekind, Tim Wright, Robert

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(Greater than 500 hours) Akins, Sherry Banks, Warren Bjerke, Nancy Condon, Robert ** Dingfelder, Carolyn ** Filson, Esther ** Gates, Patti Lee Granos, Bruce Herbst, Gordon H. Hottinger, Mimi *

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Kirkpatrick, Barb

Matiski, Cindy

Augustson, Polly

McKay, Marilyn

Bonnet, Kathleen

O' Reilly, John

Crea, Diane

Overom, Jackie

Denman, Paula

Pieper, Herbert A.

Hambleton, Glen

Reeves, Ronald

Harlan, Barbara

Schmidtke, Lu

Keyport, Georgiann

Schneider, Gary

Kirchner, Ken

Stendahl, Barbara

Kirchner, Margaret

Urberg, Kathy

Klein, Jane

Larson, Janet Lundgren, Maureen Nelson, Jim ** Nystrom, Rita ** Rither, Skip ** Stromme, Lorrie ** 1000+ Club * Close to the 1000 hr. mark Bolded names are new to the respective clubs.

STSC Reduced Registration Rates for Active Members Platinum Level : Free!

Gold Level: 80% off = $29.00.

Silver Level: 60% off = $58.00.

Bronze Level: 40% off = $87.00.

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Entrepreneurs ...Continued from page 6. milling, and furniture production, which he subcontracts to the Amish craftsmen. Though his fees vary widely, a table typically costs about $1,500, he says, and that covers all expenses. Warmbold was asked by Willow School, a private primary school in Gladstone, N.J., to remove about a dozen ash trees and turn them into chairs, desks, and tables. While the new school was being constructed, Warmbold organized the tree removal and furniture production. The furniture was ready a few months later, when the school's doors opened. Recycling city trees slated to be chopped down remains a mostly unregulated cottage industry, where business is generated primarily through word of mouth and a few websites. "When we try to sell the idea to policymakers, that's when we hit the wall," says Stephen Bratkovich, a forest products specialist with the USDA Forest Service. Dr. Bratkovich is trying to encourage more municipalities to recycle unwanted timber and perhaps turn it into park benches, stakes for new trees, or school desks. He acknowledges that two of the biggest problems is a lack of information and too few timber recycling programs. Some cities don't allow businesses like Citilogs to bid on municipal projects because, by law, they must have a competing bid from another company, Bratkovich says. There aren't enough timber recycling companies out there to get that second bid. For homeowners, the costs of disposing of a tree can be exorbitant. Depending on the size and weight of a tree, arborists may charge between $500 and $1,500 to cart away what is often useable, or even high-quality wood. Urban Hardwoods, a high-end furniture design company based in Seattle, often saves homeowners disposal and cutting costs if they can salvage long vertical sections of a large tree. The company reclaims between 150 and 200 trees a year from the Seattle area, mostly from independent arborists and property owners who don't want them. The company was founded in 2002 by Jim Newsom, a self-taught woodworker and

Entrepreneurs ... master craftsman who began making furniture out of driftwood in the late 1990s. The company employs two designers and makes a wide range of commercial and residential furniture. The key to the company's success, says designer John Wells, lies in the type of wood they can recover. "The beauty of the material is really what sells the product," says Mr. Wells. Most urban trees are larger, older, and of better quality than younger, rurally logged trees, which are often cut down when they are just six years old, he says. The trees that Urban Hardwoods collects are usually several decades old and include Douglas firs, bigleaf maples, madrona, and oak trees. They make striking tabletops, mantelpieces, and beds that sell for thousands of dollars in upscale showrooms across the country. "That's our business advantage right there," Wells says. "The scale of the trees that we get is what determines their value - the scale and the quality of the grain of the wood." Another company in Michigan has also found a way to successfully recycle unwanted timber. Brothers Dan and Charlie LaMont are helping nearly a dozen counties dispose of ash trees that are being cut down by the millions in an attempt to stop a growing infestation of an exotic beetle from Asia. The brothers are taking the rough logs, milling them, and selling them primarily as railroad ties. Citilogs's business is driven by a niche market, a savvy "green" marketing plan, and Warmbold's forestry and resource expertise. Lately he has also been focusing on restoration projects at historical sites, saving wood flooring or furnishings inside buildings. "Some people say what we're doing is revolutionary. Well it isn't, it's just common sense," Warmbold says. "If a guy's got logs, if he's got to get rid of them, why not use them?" NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for research and educational purposes.

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