On the BC coast a lot of good red cedar was cut and left for various reasons but usually the trees were fallen in areas of soft ground making extraction impossible until recently when large hoes ( excavators with a grapple ) allowed operators to get into these areas . Often the logs have sunk in the mud but are still perfectly sound after being yanked out.

Quite a lot of reclaimed red and yellow cedar is from old log bridges that have been condemned.

It won't be long before all the old growth red+ yellow cedar is gone . There is some nice 2nd growth but not the tight ring stuff that is worth a mint.