mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) (06/28/85)
There are lots of beautiful exotic hardwoods I would like to play with (as budget permits), such as rosewood, wenge, Macassar ebony. However, I don't want to be party to any wholesale destruction of fragile ecologies (and don't forget that many North American songbirds depend on South American forests for their winter vacations). Does anyone know which woods are harvested in a responsible manner and which are obtained by clearcutting without reforestation? Or where such information might be obtained? Any discussion? -- Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney North Carolina State University (how much wood could a woodbutcher butcher, if a woodbutcher could butcher wood?)
fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) (07/04/85)
In article <2878@ncsu.UUCP> mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) writes: >There are lots of beautiful exotic hardwoods I would like to play >with (as budget permits), such as rosewood, wenge, Macassar ebony. >However, I don't want to be party to any wholesale destruction of >fragile ecologies (and don't forget that many North American songbirds >depend on South American forests for their winter vacations). > >Does anyone know which woods are harvested in a responsible manner >and which are obtained by clearcutting without reforestation? Or >where such information might be obtained? Any discussion? >-- I had the same concerns and arrived at a solution. REFORESTATION. Just plant new trees of the type you are using. You don't have to limit yourself to your own land. Many people are delighted to have someone plant an oak tree for them, or whatever type of tree you have. I just planted 2 cherry trees in my own back yard. After a few years I'll be able to bake pies for decades if I don't move. Then, when the trees are old they will make excellent lumber. I'll keep the branches trimmed properly to allow for straight trunks. This makes the cherries harder to pick, but I'll manage. Maybe we could get more net.rec.wood people planting trees!? It would be a good project for us all. Cheers, Fred Williams
mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker) (07/09/85)
In article <1152@mnetor.UUCP>, fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) writes: > Maybe we could get more net.rec.wood people planting trees!? > It would be a good project for us all. > > Cheers, Fred Williams Excellent idea! Thanks. Mike
mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) (07/10/85)
> I had the same concerns and arrived at a solution. > REFORESTATION. > Just plant new trees of the type you are using. While I agree whole-heartedly that this is an excellent idea, it doesn't work for exotic woods. I sincerely doubt that rosewood, teak, or pink ivory can be grown successfully in most of countries on the net. Therefore, I am still interested in finding out how responsible other countries are about raping their own forests. (Or perhaps we would be doing those countries a favor by removing all their trees; then the nasty Marxist revolutionary guerillas would have fewer places to hide. :-) -- Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney North Carolina State University