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06/12/2025

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12/20/2024

Wisconsin's forests are facing numerous threats, including climate change, invasive species and a decline in the logging industry, which can help spur new forest growth.

10/21/2024

It's Forest Products Week! Not all forest products require a tree to be cut down! Gather pine cones for fire place fire starters. Pine needles become pine straw mulch alternative. Mushrooms grow on downed logs. Eat walnuts and hazelnuts.

But when a tree has to come down in your yard or at your farm, it can be a wood product, too. Lowest value is mulch, but it is a use and better than the carbon stored within the tree going to waste. Burning as firewood to heat your home or cook with is also not a waste. Smaller trees and branches can be made into biochar and build your soil. And many trees can become lumber for various projects.

These items were from trees from a removed windbreak.

07/25/2024

Prayers for all those where the smoke is originating. Taken in Fillmore County, Nebraska. (Corn shot out moonroof couldn’t tell if focused with my trifocals.)

07/22/2024

cool image, George! Photo by Georg Eiermann on Unsplash

01/31/2024

“Imagine if every community in the United States managed their trees with a higher use in mind when they came down. That would be a beautiful thing. It would help us environmentally, socially, economically,” Sperber said.

Reclaimed urban wood on the Baird Center’s collaborative stairs is promoting conservation and connection Nearly 20 years ago, the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that kills ash trees, was discovered in the United States. The insect, native to Asia, was devastating ash trees across the Midwes...

11/30/2022

Absolutely LOVE this. Contact me here or at Nebraska Forest Service ([email protected]; 402-429-6931) if you want to explore urban wood in your community. Or Utilizing any trees being taken out in town or on the farm...

Some cities have used salvaged wood in municipal construction projects.

06/13/2022

Public comment on some changes to NRCS practices. Carbon Soil Code and FSI til 6/16.

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02/15/2022

Research conducted by the Children and Nature Network, the North American Association for Environmental Education, and the National Wildlife Federation, shows a very positive relationship between environment-based education and student performance in school; however, the benefits for students learning outdoors go beyond just academics. Research has found that being exposed to the outdoors during instruction benefits students’ mental health, brain development, physical health, and more.



Outdoor classrooms create physical spaces in schools, nonprofits, and community organizations where outdoor learning opportunities can become a reality. To help promote outdoor learning as well as connections with our local tree and forest industry the Nebraska Forest Service has created the Log Matchmaking Program to assist in supplying materials to schools and organizations throughout the Cornhusker state. This program will help give Nebraskans the tools and resources needed to create dedicated outdoor learning spaces to enrich the lives of school students and learners of all ages.



Through our Conservation Education and Forest Products programs, the Nebraska Forest Service will connect schools, non-profit organizations, and community groups who request outdoor classroom materials with Nebraska wood providers. These organizations will be able to request specific items to implement, expand, and enrich their outdoor learning spaces while forest industry suppliers will be able to partner with NFS to make a positive impact in their local communities. The goal of this initiative is to connect more people with the outdoors while working with the tree and forest industry to secure these unusual items, and ultimately increase the amount of wood being put to good use throughout the state.

We hope you will join us in creating positive and enriching environmental learning opportunities for Nebraskans, especially our state’s youth. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!

By completing this form you are consenting to participate in the Urban Wood Network - Nebraska Chapter log matchmaking program. Schools and non-profit organizations can request products for use for outdoor classrooms, community gardens, and other outdoor educational settings and we will work to conn...

10/26/2021

If you have a tree coming down, we can assist you in crafting a dream, maybe not a headboard - but your dream.

Chad shared this picture of his new pin oak headboard. This tree was removed from their front yard four years ago. Neutral hard wax/oil finish chosen for its beauty, durability and lack of VOCs. A French cleat is used to hang the board on the wall.

08/02/2021

Wow.

For the first time in federal court, tree DNA has been used to decide a case.

07/09/2021

Nothing like a 0200 drive to see the lightning and put the sawmill under cover (since when you finished at 2300 there was not suppose to be any rain).