USRW Certified Urban Wood Update

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Webinar information

The Urban Wood Standards for North America have been created to help ensure traceability and credibility of urban wood products as well as the organizations providing them; they are intended to be easy to use, time saving and value adding. The insights gained from a pilot test of such standards will be instrumental for Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Woods Inc. (USRW), helping them to deliver enhanced value to the sector. The pilot is intended to identify issues or obstacles in adopting the Standards for Certification and Chain of Custody for Urban, Salvaged, and Reclaimed Woods as well as any revisions that may be needed to the first version of these standards. The pilot process will aid in identifying strengths, weaknesses, and gaps, providing valuable insights on the most effective methods to implement the standards on a larger scale. Then, reviews and feedback from pilot testers will be taken into consideration when making revision recommendations. This webinar will review primary objectives of this pilot as well as speak to next steps in this pilot program.

Speaker

- Jennifer Alger, USRW Director and UWN Board Member, Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Woods Inc.

Is this webinar for you?

This webinar is intended for those looking for a co-beneficial approach to the utilization of urban wood in the built environment. Wood producers looking for pathways to enter new markets in urban or built environments may find special value in this webinar. Additionally, students or foresters interested in the development of new wood standards should attend, as it may affect their field in the near future.

Registration

1. Click REGISTER to the right of the webinar title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.

2. After checking out, the webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.

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Pricing

SAF and UWN Member: $10

Non-member: $15

UWN Members will receive a promotion code through the UWN listserv, to use for registering at the SAF member price of $10.

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Webinar access 

The recorded webinar is accessible through December 11, 2025.

Webinar duration

The duration of this webinar is 1 hour.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Outline the Standards for Certification and Chain of Custody for Urban, Salvaged, and Reclaimed Woods.

2. Describe the pilot process for testing these standards.

3. Identify next steps for USRW Certified Urban Wood, the Standards, and the pathway for certification.

Rubric

Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.

Evaluation

Participant feedback is appreciated to help the presenters and webinar partner continually improve webinars for future programming.

CFEs

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).

This program is approved for 1 ISA CEU in the following categories: ISA BCMA Management, ISA Certified Arborist, and ISA Municipal Specialist.

For ISA pre-approved webinars, SAF will report ISA CEU completions on a monthly basis for ISA CEU approved programs.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning SAF CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available until December 12, 2025 at 12:00 am ET. 

Return to Webinar

Once you are registered for the webinar, access this webinar within your MY DASHBOARD. Prior to the start time, the webinar will be listed under "Upcoming Live Events." 

Following the day of the webinar, you can return to download your certificate accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD for 12 months following the webinar. The webinar product will become inaccessible on December 12, 2025 at 12:00 am ET.

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Refund

This is a non-refundable item. Please view FAQs for additional information.

Jennifer Alger

Co-owner and President

Far West Forest Products

Jennifer Alger is the Co-owner and President of Far West Forest Products in Olivehurst, CA. This company sells slabs of locally sourced hardwoods as well as salvaged and reclaimed wood.  She helped start this business in response to managing and marketing her father's portable saw milling business. As a national leader within the Urban Wood Network, she led the process to establish certification standards for urban, salvaged, and reclaimed wood. This year she became a Board member of UWN to help it get established as a new non-profit.

Kanami Otani (Moderator)

Western Region Education Chair

Urban Wood Network

Kanami Otani is the Western Region Education Chair for the UWN. She believes collaboration is the key component in increasing urban wood utilization. Kanami is an urban forest planner working with communities to plan for the future of their urban forest. 

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Webinar: USRW Certified Urban Wood Update
12/11/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 12/11/2024  |  58 minutes
12/11/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 12/11/2024  |  58 minutes
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CFE Credit: Webinar: USRW Certified Urban Wood Update
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