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Welcome
We have been active in forest issues here on the North coast of California for a number of years. We spend a good deal of time working in the forest. We are very conscious of logging procedures that affect our streams and river systems in negative ways, such as the use of herbicides. We are staunchly against the use of chemicals in our forest. The chemical industry has a huge marketing program. The chemical industry affects how forestry schools look at the forest. Graduating foresters are well versed in the use of very highly toxic chemicals. Their basic orientation is towards a monocultural forest. This is a major battleground in the management of our forests. The use of chemicals in the forest affects every one of us. Toxins flowing into our drainage systems eventually end up at our dinner tables.
We are also very concerned about soil erosion, especially as affects our streams. The questions of healthy streams, the Coho Salmon, fish in general and water supply protection are huge issues in a healthy or unhealthy forest. Suffice it to say that there are strict stream barriers mandated by harvest plans that can too easily be ignored. We are not trying to be policeman of the forest, but rather a part of the education process. It takes real discipline to leave the trees and logs that help protect our streams.
Road building and maintenance for entrance into a harvest area also make a huge environmental impact. We have worked hard, through the years, to help forge policy changes promoting an increase in the length of time of the logging rotation. This is crucial because the longer the rotation period, the longer the forest has to establish and maintain its overall health. The fewer times a forest is penetrated with large equipment, the stronger the wildlife habitat and the stream infrastructure.
Less human interaction in our forests results in the production of better lumber. Redwood lumber is better because it is older and has more tannin, thereby having more longevity. The University of Wisconsin has done a great deal of research on this subject. Keeping large equipment out of the forest for longer periods of time essentially means having fewer rotations. That translates into less damage to the remaining trees, less road building, less erosion, and not as much light penetrating the canopy, thereby reducing the need for herbicides. Keep the canopy strong and intact and very little brush will grow. These are some of the building blocks of healthy forests and sound forest practices.
There are many “certifications for sustainable forestry.” We ensure that these certifications mean something by being a part of the forestry process. We are in the forest working, monitoring, encouraging, and teaching, studying and learning, as well as being involved on a political level to help insure that “stewardship” has real meaning.
We offer to the building community a fine, well managed source of high quality redwood and fir timbers and lumber.
Our old growth redwood comes from salvaged logs only. We take logs and we leave logs, depending on the need of the forest at any given location. Our number one concern is the health of the forest. Within that framework we offer curly redwood, burls, beautiful wide and long planks, huge stumps, lovely poles and some of the finest door, window, siding and paneling lumber left on the planet.
We welcome your suggestions and help. Buy wisely, use wisely, become informed, and give generously to those organizations and individuals that spend their lives helping to maintain our forests, rivers and streams.
Thank you.
Roger Moore
Owner and CEO of Pinocchio Timber Products