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Therefore it is possible that a small percentage of the lumber you purchase from us could have come from woodlots practicing destructive forestry such as high grading or clear cutting. However, at your request, we can use only certified wood to fill your order, and we can give you a certificate to that effect.
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www.windhorsefarm.org/where_wood_from.htm
www.windhorsefarm.org/where_wood_from.htm
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Illegal Logging: Where Does Your Wood Come From? New America Media, Q&A with Rolf Skor of Greenpeace, Mary Ambrose, Posted: Dec 11, 2007 ...
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news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article...
news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5c7e08be43f302356bf1036a61ffbdaf
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Wood is almost as important to humanity as food, and the natural forests from which most of it is harvested from are of enormous environmental value. However, these slow-growing forests are unable to meet current demand, resulting in the loss and degradation of forest.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12062973
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Forestry operations are carried out in woodlots, where trees are cut down, and new ones are planted as replacements. There's a big concern for woodlots, as it takes years for these tree's to grow, meaning our extraction is outpacing our ins...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080319114...
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Since the sprites lived in trees and any wood product people would knock on wood while they were telling good news so that the sprites couldn't hear them. If the sprites did hear it was feared they would ruin it or give the person bad luck.
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Most of the wood I work with comes from branches gathered in the Northwestern part of the United States where I live. In fact, most of it is from my own three acre woodlot here on Maury Island in the heart of Puget Sound, Washington. Maple,...
http://www.artistreewoodart.com/Site%5048Info/artistree...
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Some of our wood comes from hardwood trees like oak, ash, beech teak and maple. These trees have leaves that fall off in winter. ... Most of the wood we use comes from softwood trees such as pine and spruce, which have their seeds in cones. These trees are called conifers. They grow quite quickly.
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www.crockhamhill.kent.sch.uk/teachers/Science/materials...
www.crockhamhill.kent.sch.uk/teachers/Science/materials/wood/wood_source.htm
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Wood; Wood comes from trees. Oak was used a lot for house building. It grows in a twisted fashion which makes it strong. Trees were chopped down then sawn into timbers which were joined together to build the framework for houses like Blakesley Hall.
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www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/material/wdcomfr.htm
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SEMANTIC ENIGMAS; Where does the phrase 'touch wood' come from? ... It derives from the pagan belief that malevolent spirits inhabited wood, and that if you expressed a hope for the future you should touch, or knock on, wood to prevent the spirits from hearing and presumably preventing your hopes from coming true.
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www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-22199,...
www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-22199,00.html
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