As the log home industry's only on-staff professional forester, Rocky Mountain Log Home's own Patrick Connell guides forestry operations for the company. He is a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester and works closely with and supervises operations of British Columbia Registered Professional Foresters. Why do we believe that forestry is so important?
The science of forestry was born out of a philosophy that use of timber in our forests serves a greater good than allowing it to age, die and decay. The harvest and utilization of dry-standing wood for home building produces a number of substantial benefits:
- As shelter must be built for an expanding world population, use of a renewable resource only makes sense.
- Every dry-standing tree used in home construction prevents a living tree from being destroyed.
- Harvest of dry-standing timber reduces wildfire risks in the western North American forests. Wildfires fueled by large amounts of dead wood consume other living trees, endanger watersheds, destroy wildlife and threaten homes.
Our log home and log cabin timber harvest takes into account necessary habitat requirements for fish, wildlife and recreational pursuits, as well as for the regeneration of a healthy forest. Our goals are achieved through harvest-site analysis, scheduling, selection of harvestable timber, site design, and use of specialized logging equipment.
Rocky's Timber Sale Licenses in both the U.S. and Canada demand a high level of professional performance - with the completed harvest site to be immediately ready for manual replanting by government management agencies, so the site is "fully stocked" and "free to grow." This planting effort is financed by funds paid by Rocky Mountain Log Homes to the U.S. Forest Service and British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
