: There's a big article in today's paper on this. See
: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134864859_weyerhaeuser01m.html
: Looks like most of our Western Red Cedar is coming from Canada. The
: article addresses the issue of old growth forests as well.

: ... one thing that's worth mentioning about these old growth forests. Natural
: disaster claims a large percentage of these trees. Nobody likes the way a
: clearcut mars the landscape but storm and (less often) fire claim vast
: tracts of these forests anyway. These fast-growing, shallow-rooted trees
: are very often blown down in storms. One of the most striking
: characteristics of a Pacific Northwest old growth forest is amount of
: blowdown and second growth that exists.

some random thoughts (some based on hear-say)

We'll for me I'm going to try and scarf old fence boards or what not into longer strips. In the hope that I'm decreasing the demand on oldgrowth timber.
Even if most of it is being shipped ot the US anyways.

If a tree falls in the forest it stays there, so does it energy. If it is logged and removed it does not. I wonder how many generations of 'usable' forest can be removed from an area before it can't really grow any more.

I wonder how they are re-seeded, In Ontario, the trees are removed and faster growing species are often replaced so they can be harvested earlier. I assume in BC it would be with Cedar again, but is it the same species? Just wondering, out of pure ignorance.

One picture in the article showed a small cut patch, if viewed from the Sea, it would not be seen. Traveling the High ways in BC, you will not see much Clear cutting comparied to if you just walked up over one of the ridges next to the Highway. (Try looking down from a plane, flying from Vancouver to Calgary)

There are much better sources of Fiber for Paper. Hemp grows much faster, and requires less energy to do so.

I definatly support reasonable measures to reduce waste of wood.

Myrl