What Changed Since Brief #2, & What to Do About It Week of July 20, 2026 Since Brief #2, the federal picture has moved fast, and mostly in one direction. The decisions that determine whether urban and salvaged wood gets recognized are being written and enacted right now. One bill has become law. Another is close to markup. A third is being drafted this month. A fourth is fighting to keep its funding. Meanwhile the cities have stopped waiting, and what they are building is the

What Matters for Urban & Salvaged Wood Week of July 6, 2026 Federal policy is moving quickly, but almost all of that movement continues to focus on growing, harvesting, and using traditionally sourced timber. Meanwhile, millions of tons of urban and salvaged wood generated every year across the United States continues remain largely invisible in federal, state and local policy despite representing one of the country's largest untapped domestic wood resources. That creates b

Why a resilient domestic wood economy depends on all of its sectors Week of June 22, 2026 The current federal wood agenda is argued on national security grounds, and it concentrates support, funding, and attention on softwood and national forest supply. Security in any supply system comes from resilience, and resilience comes from diversity and distribution. A wood economy that leans on one sector and one supply geography is more fragile, not more secure.

~ Paul Hickman - Urban Ashes CEO Direct Air Capture is the flashy new headline. Urban, salvaged and reclaimed wood (urban wood) is the...

No Standards, Little Confidence and Support. By supporting independent certification and encouraging brands to align themselves with verified standards rather than self-policing, we can create a robust, credible, and scalable market for wood that comes from anywhere, urban, suburban, rural, agricultural, or damaged forests, as long as it was not cut solely for its timber value.