Far West Forest Products recently supplied wood to Josh Martin of MartinShapes for a very special surfboard he built for Hobie Surfboards. We were honored to provide the wood for his beautiful work of art from California native wood species, California White Oak, and Giant Sequoia Redwood. The following is an excerpt from His Blog: […]
Author Archives: Jennifer Alger
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Sep
Sep
“We know there is still a lot of wood being wasted, what can we do to change that?” Through my role with Wood-Mizer, I have organized and assisted with many urban forestry initiatives, conferences, and seminars to try and find a solution to this waste.
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Aug
Aug
The world premiere of the series The Redwood Kings begins tonight August 1st 2014 on Animal Planet. Follow this link to view the press release. Make sure to record all seven episodes of this first season to catch a few glimpses of some of the salvage of the fallen Giant Sequoia Redwoods, you can read […]
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Far West made the Paper today – Follow this link to read the story from the Monterey Weekly Paper. Scroll down to page 22. Thanks – Jennifer
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Apr
As we cut out custom lumber and timber orders for our clients we inevitably end up with some overage. This will be odd sizes that didn’t meet the customers needs, or maybe weren’t the grade the customer was looking for, and sometimes we just need to finish cutting the log. Most of these have an […]
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Feb
Feb
Far West Forest Products was honored to be featured in this weeks issue of the Woodworkers Journal E-zine. If you haven’t already done so, you will want to subscribe to this publication to read great stories about what other woodworkers are doing. Thank you Chris Marshall for the article on our company. If you haven’t […]
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Dec
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They are finally here! Be sure to get that special someone a new Far West T-Shirts Are In!
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The team at Far West Forest Products had the honor to do some salvage logging for Daniel’s Woodland during the filming of their new reality TV show The Redwood Kings. The team at Daniel’s Woodland are truly masters at their trade; from designing and building one of a kind tree or play houses, and themed […]
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Marketing your sawing business successfully using old and new methods. Learn way’s that you too can increase your bottom line by better marketing your business. By Jennifer Alger
“In order to sell your product or service, you need to get it in front of potential buyers or clients. You are going to need to market yourself and your business”.
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How Far West Forest Products saved three Giant Sequoia Redwood Windfalls that fell in a storm. From the logging process, and the hauling, all the way to the milling. By Jennifer Alger