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From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Exotic Hardwoods
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 09:30:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 09:30:49 1985
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There are lots of beautiful exotic hardwoods I would like to play
with (as budget permits), such as rosewood, wenge, Macassar ebony.
However, I don't want to be party to any wholesale destruction of
fragile ecologies (and don't forget that many North American songbirds
depend on South American forests for their winter vacations).

Does anyone know which woods are harvested in a responsible manner
and which are obtained by clearcutting without reforestation?  Or
where such information might be obtained?  Any discussion?
-- 

Jon Mauney,    mcnc!ncsu!mauney
North Carolina State University

(how much wood could a woodbutcher butcher,
 if a woodbutcher could butcher wood?)