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Wood banks & Urban Forestry: Exploring the Relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Richard (Rick) Harper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, wood banks have arisen to provide free firewood to fuel-poor households as means of offsetting winter heating costs. Wood banks also offer a number of community-based benefits including the potential to derive utility from excess urban wood generated through routine arboricultural practices, like pruning & tree removals.\u00a0Join Dr. Rick Harper (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst) as he outlines the existence of known wood banks and explore the potential for continuing collaboration and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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