Preserving Trees For Their Full Value through an urban salvaged and reclaimed lumber network For over two decades companies and individuals in the West have been struggling to keep our urban lumber, salvaged lumber, and reclaimed woods out of the waste stream and give them a second life. All too often we hear stories of […]
Category Archives: Jenn’s Blog
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Oct
Oct
Far West is having a 4 hour wood sale tomorrow from 8am to 12pm at the Wood Barn and everything including these beautiful live edge slabs will be on sale. When: 8am to noon Where: 6980 Camp Far West Rd. Sheridan CA 95681 We’ll have hot coffee and fresh donuts ready for you, so […]
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Jun
Jun
Back by popular demand! So many of you have asked when we were doing another Saturday sale that we decided to have another one this coming weekend on June 10th from 8am to 12pm. For four hours only all inventory will be on sale anywhere from 10% to 50% regular pricing and, new inventory is […]
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Oct
Oct
In 1886, 9 year old George H.P. Lichthardt planted a camphor tree on the corner of what is now 18th and Capitol Ave in Midtown Sacramento. As the camphor grew it got to see the city streets change from dirt to pavement and the vehicles change from horse drawn to motorized.
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Jul
Jul
Far West Forest Products and Wood-Mizer are happy to be partnering with West Coast Arborists, Inc., and the California Forest Foundation at the California State Fair this year. We’ve been educating the public on the urban forest, and the use of Urban Wood for lumber. If you want to learn how urban foresters convert dead […]
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Apr
Apr
Please read the following article by Promise Yee, written about our Urban Wood Conference at Palomar College: Promise Yee: We all know trees provide shade, shelter for animals, and filter pollutants from the air. But what is the best use for landscape trees after they are cut down? Promise Yee Speakers William Stranger, Stranger Furniture; […]
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Jan
Jan
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: […]
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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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Apr
Apr
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
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 […]