Online registration opened for the first Bringing the Urban Forest Full Circle Conference, scheduled for March 18 at Hamburger University in Oak Brook, Ill.

The event, organized by the Illinois Wood Utilization Team, will include more than a dozen informative presentations, a live portable sawmill demonstration, tabletop displays and networking opportunities.

The conference will bring together public and private land managers, arborists, architects and designers, sawyers, woodworkers and other entrepreneurs to share and learn next-step actions to participate in a market-driven urban wood economy.

For information, visit www.illinoisurbanwood.org.