: I like the idea of plantation grown wood (call me a tree-hugger).

I don't know that taking trees from a plantation is any better than taking them from the forest. A plantation is essentially a farm -- the crop is planted in rows in a field, they get sprayed with pesticides... There is no biodiversity in a plantation. There's even very little biodiversity in 'replanted' forests -- you know, those forests where white pines have been planted in rows. Those forests are essentially 'dead.' Go for a hike through them. There are few birds chirping and squirrels rustling. There's no food for them in those homogeneous woods. I think harvesting forests is fine -- we just need to focus on letting enough of them grow back.

Not to start a heated debate on ecology, just my $0.02...

Dean