Thread: Renewable resourses

Mmmmmm... Fresh sawdust and the smell of 2 stroke.

God I love the sound of trees hitting the ground.

Hardwoods are plentifull. Just like mis-information drivelling Enviro-nazi media hyped tree huggers.

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

[QUOTE=glock40sw]Mmmmmm... Fresh sawdust and the smell of 2 stroke.

God I love the sound of trees hitting the ground./QUOTE]

Specially if theres a tree hugger underneath it.

Glock and Echidna,

Hardwood might be plentiful now but what about in 50 years time? Are you sure were doing enough to ensure that theres going to be plenty of hardwood around for our kids who want to be woodies?

And no Im not a tree hugging greenie, more of a brownie....a practical environmentalist.

In 50 years you'll probably be lucky to get pine.
The bluegums down our way are planted for paper pulp.
Now if we could make paper outa grass then all them trees might end up as timber

At least a beautiful timber piece has some value and longevity, unlike blowing your nose on old growth forest tissues.

In northern NSW, where 80% of native rainforest sp. are dispersed by flying frugivores (bats n birds) mixed species cabinet timber plantations not only provide a timber resource for future human use. If careful attention is paid to provenance and sp. selection, these plantations and wind breaks can also act as a seed source for natural colonisation of Camphor Laurel gullies with a greater diversity of sp. This alows for more biodiversity on the whole farm and provides resources such as insect control from natural predators. la de da. Good night all, from Helga

Well people you have all given me some insight to conservation,and also some good ideas on how I can play my part.

Roddy

I'm only small fry with wood use, and I haven't bought anything for several years.... when I do buy its nearly all from a recycling place! But I have a fair stash to draw on now: some I've milled from fallen trees, some I've liberated from demolition sites/skips etc...basically all of it is recycled. And I'm still planting our couple of acres, with silky oak and black bean so far, but hoop and some Eucalypts are planned.
I think every little bit will help, esp. in 50rs time!
Regards
I

Well I got a few Acres half of which is bush and will stay that way.
I plan on buying much much more which will stay free of urban influence and free of Greenie influence as well.

I try to make each thing I make as valuable as possible which adds to the value of standing forrest and the harvested product.
Quality furniture accounts for about .75 of 1% of Hardwoods cut so the blame for large scale forrest destruction should be pointed in another direction.

The best thing the world can do to protect valuable natural resources is to stop breeding like rabbits and chewing up everything in the process.
Population Control is the best place to start.
Ooh yeh and stop selling paper pulp to the Japs.

Ross