Here in the driftless area of Wisconsin I am a part of a group of builders that are taking the River Valley school forest and sustainably harvesting the timber to use to educate the the students in Timber framing and log home construction. Taking all of the dead, dying and diseased trees is yeilding us 10 semi loads of timber a Year! The trees area also growing too closely together so we are selectively harvesting those trees also. Doing this is also educating the community and getting them involved and helping them realize the resources are in our back yard.

And imagine if timber framing could be a high school elective that could be offered to the students!

I don't websites often but here is one worth checking out.
www.timbergrowers.com
Jim may be far out sometimes but we are planning on building a timber bridge in the near future with the students.

bryan