I wish we had more urban harvesters around here, or even more around the country, for that matter.
We lost our ash and maple in a storm that took over 60% of the city's canopy. I got the ash and maple milled and dried and still have no idea what to do with any of it. I should have been more diligent about NOT cutting the neighbor's cherry tree into firewood (as in: I should have found out it was cherry before chopping it up in my yard), but I saved a few pieces of it and my brother resawed it and made some things for me.
When we had an arborist out to help verify the damage to our trees and suggest replacements, he told us not to plant maple for two reasons: one, it's over-planted everywhere because people want autumn blaze maples; and two, it's the next great epidemic that's already starting in some places in the country.
