http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/comment-page-1/#comment-11472 burning silo Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:34:51 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/#comment-11472 Mark - I know, I can't imagine cutting down one of these trees. To me, it seems the tree-equivalent to harpooning a whale. I don't have a major problem with forestry that is done in a sustainable way - but to cut down trees that are hundreds or even a thousand or more years old and that can keep growing and providing habitat for so much other life. Uh-uhn. Personally, I don't see that at all. - Laura - I'll try to post something soon about the trees and how their wood has been used. However, for now, I know it is prized as lumber for decks and similar structures that are exposed to the weather as it has properties that make it rot-resistant. Mark – I know, I can’t imagine cutting down one of these trees. To me, it seems the tree-equivalent to harpooning a whale. I don’t have a major problem with forestry that is done in a sustainable way – but to cut down trees that are hundreds or even a thousand or more years old and that can keep growing and providing habitat for so much other life. Uh-uhn. Personally, I don’t see that at all.
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Laura – I’ll try to post something soon about the trees and how their wood has been used. However, for now, I know it is prized as lumber for decks and similar structures that are exposed to the weather as it has properties that make it rot-resistant.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/comment-page-1/#comment-11434 LauraH Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:11:51 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/#comment-11434 I can't imagine trees that large! There is a redwood specimen in the botanical garden I visit here in NJ and it looks like a toothpick compared to these. Beautiful trees - what a shame to cut them. Maybe in your follow-up post you'd talk about what they're used for when cut? I can't imagine anything being worth destroying them for. I can’t imagine trees that large! There is a redwood specimen in the botanical garden I visit here in NJ and it looks like a toothpick compared to these. Beautiful trees – what a shame to cut them. Maybe in your follow-up post you’d talk about what they’re used for when cut? I can’t imagine anything being worth destroying them for.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/comment-page-1/#comment-11402 Mark Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:08:34 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/#comment-11402 I agree, Robin. I cannot imaging cutting down one of the redwoods. But then I see what people do elsewhere, and I realize that cutting down redwoods is pretty much in line with what lots of people do all the time. I agree, Robin. I cannot imaging cutting down one of the redwoods. But then I see what people do elsewhere, and I realize that cutting down redwoods is pretty much in line with what lots of people do all the time.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/comment-page-1/#comment-11401 burning silo Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:08:20 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/11/27/in-the-redwoods-part-four/#comment-11401 robin - As you might guess, I very much agree. I find it quite appalling to consider how little remains of the original forests. And, if not for some forward thinking people much earlier in this century, there would be considerably less. Actually, that should be the subject of a fifth piece -- the effort to save some of the Redwood groves -- so perhaps I'll follow up with that quite soon. robin – As you might guess, I very much agree. I find it quite appalling to consider how little remains of the original forests. And, if not for some forward thinking people much earlier in this century, there would be considerably less. Actually, that should be the subject of a fifth piece — the effort to save some of the Redwood groves — so perhaps I’ll follow up with that quite soon.

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