Subject: Re: baidarka Atlantic white cedar for gunwales?
From: thomas-simpson (thomas-simpson@home.com)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2000 - 13:24:20 EST
Yes trees grow back , not in our lifetime though for a 14" diam yellow cedar.
If one relies on 'professional foresters' for the health of the forest ecosystem
you have decisions being made for economic reasons that should be made for
ecological ones.
Small scale local woodlot operators and community owned forests are the only
ways to go.
"Peter A. Chopelas" wrote:
> Greg and the rest of you concerned with this kind of thing,
>
> Trees grow back! The size you need are easily cut from "crop" second,
> third and even fourth growth trees. The amount of wood used in a fleet of
> baidarkas is negligible anyway. The best way to make sure these species
> keep getting replanted is by keeping a healthy commercial market for it.
> If no one buys it, the foresters will not plant it.
>
> Do not get me wrong, I love the ancient forests and wish them to stay
> preserved, but what is mostly commercially cut is second (or more) growth
> "crop" trees. I mostly build with salvaged lumber, the most economical of
> all and it does not cut down any trees, but the concern for using wood to
> build kayaks way out of proportion the real problem, which is mismanagement
> of the forests. Certainly not because too many people are building kayaks
> with wood!
>
> Peter
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