From compliance of federal and state laws to
building timber harvest plans that minimize environmental impact, private forest landowners are taking the necessary steps in their everyday practices to be stewards for the water, soil, and wildlife of working forests.
Not exact matches
Local craftsmen used predominantly traditional
building techniques using local
timbers and materials
harvested from the property where possible e.g. bamboo & coconut
timber.
They
built La Casona with the help of skilled local carpenters of indigenously
harvested timber, hand milled on the property.
We
built La Casona with the help of skilled local carpenters of locally
harvested timber, hand milled on the property.
The
building is made from prefabricated cross-laminated
timber (CLT) panels, made in Austria from sustainably
harvested lumber.
Wood is a wonderful
building material; It is lovely to work with, warm in appearance and if sustainably
harvested, sequesters Carbon Dioxide for the life of the
timber.
That project is
built on the premise that a commercial logger would have practiced «liquidation» logging — which involves
harvesting available
timber as soon as it's economically viable to do so.
It is
built to seriously green and healthy specifications, with sheep's wool insulation, sustainably
harvested timber, wool mattresses and «environmentally friendly paint.»
It will have rainwater
harvesting, reedbed sewage systems, sedum roofs, recycled materials, a woodchip boiler and be
built of responsibly - sourced
timber.
Like the rest of the
building, it is made from sustainably
harvested timber, and pieces are fabricated to be identical and interchangeable.
Community members are still allowed to
harvest timber for
building their houses but not for selling it.