Sawmills working with urban wood are at the center of the process to put urban trees to their highest and best use. With the right equipment, sawmills can be flexible to take on the varying shapes and sizes of urban logs, sawing logs into mill run lumber, and kiln-drying boards to prepare them for local manufacturers, makers, construction companies, and builders. Municipalities like the City of Milwaukee divert removed urban trees to a sawmill rather than a waste stream, where they are processed and sold at the discretion of the sawyer.