My policy...I figure for whatever timbers I use, I should plant at least an equal amount of trees. I'm planning to use a lot of reclaim for my house and future workshop, but I'm still gonna plant replacement trees. There's not any timber harvesting to speak of where I live, flat land Illinois that is quite windy at times, but I'm still planting black walnut, red oak, white oak, and white ash. I've got a dozen seedlings in my basement window now that I started last week. In june black walnut seedlings will come up in my yard, and I transplant them to the back pasture.