Useful new lives for dead trees

[bixaorellana]

Split from: Trees         <-- Click on the link to see Kimby's excellent photos.

Aug 5, 2010 5:21:17 GMT Kimby said:

Four [photos of trees] from our hike in Idaho:

These are probably all whitebark pines, an important food source for grizzly bears. About 75% of them have died in recent years, from white pine blister rust, or bark beetles.

I can't remember where it was, but in another post Kimby mentioned the idea of using naturally killed trees for furniture, etc., rather than killing healthy trees.

Finding New Life (and Profit) in Doomed Trees     <-- click to read article

These lovely pieces were made by Paul M. Hickman, who ...
has always tried to use reclaimed lumber ... in his custom designed furniture business.
... Hickman has launched Urban Ashes, a line of fine made-to-order furniture and ready-made and custom picture frames using only Michigan urban wood.
click pic for full story

And one more such business: www.liontree.net/liontree_green.html

These three stories are all from the US. It would be great to see similar examples from other countries.

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Well, driftwood items, both useful and decorative, have always been popular. But probably most of those do not come from Montana.

[bixaorellana]

~?~ I don't get the Montana reference.

Here are more ways dead trees are being put to use. This website, Urbanwood, puts individuals in touch with local sawmills carrying the recycled wood. The statistics and uses shown are impressive.

Galveston, Tx lost 40,000 trees to Hurricane Ike.

This news article is a year old, and it's hard to find any follow-up that doesn't suggest that most of the trees were disposed of (but how?) by the federal government.

At the time of the article, the city of Mystic, Conn. wanted some of the live oaks for refurbishing an 1841 whaling ship.



According to this article from January of this year, many arts and crafts uses were found for some of the wood.