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  • February 10, 2010 at 8:38 pm #41400
    Traveling Woodsman
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    So it looks like I am on crutches here for a little while this winter, then after I’m off crutches there will be a 4 week period of “limited activity”, which means no logging. It’s no big deal, they put some screws in my leg several years ago when I broke it (not logging related), and they were removed several weeks ago. So I have to be on crutches until the holes grow back. So that leaves me with lots of time to research and study, way more than I’ve had in a while. I wonder if anyone has any recommended books/publications on the subject of sustainable forestry and related topics. I have a number here, looking for more. I realized that information input into my business is not something I have put a high enough priority on in the past. So yeah…. any ideas would be appreciated.

    Here’s what I have so far:

    “Positive Impact Forestry” McEvoy
    “Low-Impact Forestry” Lansky
    “Woodland Ecology” Minckler
    “Forest Measurements” Avery and Burkhart
    “Musson’s Improved Lumber and Log Pocket Book” from Algrove Pub.

    February 11, 2010 at 1:28 am #57743
    Carl Russell
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    Ben if you haven’t already read from this book, I think you would really enjoy it.

    A Natural History of TREES of Eastern and Central North America by Donald Culross Peattie.Houghton Mifflin Co. 2 Park St., Boston MA 02108.
    This book is not a forestry book per se, but an especially wonderful book of description of all of the trees natural to our forests. I love not only the style of prose, but that these species are introduced in a way that allows you to understand them for the contributions they make to the forest and to humans.

    Carl

    February 11, 2010 at 3:10 pm #57745
    jwayne972
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    This book is not a forestry book per se, but an especially wonderful book of description of all of the trees natural to our forests.

    And it’s like 3 inches thick:D

    February 11, 2010 at 3:38 pm #57746
    jac
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    Try a google search for “THE WHEELWRIGHTS SHOP BY GEORGE STURT”.. Its available again in paperback and is a facinating read .Originaly printed in the 1920s. A real insight into the timbers and practices of a village wheelwright. once you start you wont want to put it down I promise. Speedy recovery.
    John

    February 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm #57744
    dominiquer60
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    Ben,

    Full Circle and The Soul of a Tree, books about the thought and wood working of George Nakashima. They are not about sustainable forestry, but are about giving new life to the wood once it is harvested. There are some references to unusual harvests, like carefully removing a plum tree from the royal gardens in Japan, talk about low-impact. I thought of these since you use the Draftwood brand name. I know that there are some wood workers out there that like the really crazy shapes, rough edges and the unusual stuff that many of us would find difficult to saw or hack up into firewood. There can be some really prized pieces hiding in a pile of “junk” and perhaps these books would be an inspiration as to the potential of some unusual and high end Draftwood end products. Just my 2 cents, find some good milk to drink and get well soon.

    Erika

    http://www.nakashimawoodworker.com/

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