Northern White Cedar

Here are some photos that I took of the various stages of harvesting of the Northern White Cedar species while wandering around the Town and Country lumber yard. According to the Town and Country website, they are a "green" company, adhering to environmentally conscious standards of harvesting and milling. They undertake a "selective harvesting" process which allows new growth to take place in the areas of harvesting and the special mechanical harvestors virtually eliminate any damage to the surrounding forest during this process. The mill production building is heated from undeground pipes with excess steam from the drying kilns. All of the sawdust and shavings from production are blown into a silo and collected to be used for horse and dog bedding. Bark is used for landscaping and tree limbs for railings. Nothing is wasted during the milling process. Their "end-match" tongue and groove paneling product is machined to also have the tongue and groove on the ends of the boards which eliminates the excess "squaring" waste of fitting boards together during installation.