Brian Kent
05-18-2008, 10:23 AM
I didn't want to hijack Nigel Tracy's thread on local felled wood. In Riverside, CA there is a tree called Shamel Ash that grows like a weed. Dr. Shamel developed the Ash variety to grow well in Riverside County. It worked almost too well. On a 1/7 acre lot I pull up about 100 per year. If us humans ever wipe ourselves out, Riverside will become a Shamel Ash forest in about a decade!
Does anyone know about Shamel Ash as lumber?
I am looking for a local source. This is the tree most often cut down for interference with power lines. If the wood is good I would love to see about the city taking the trunks or major branches to a mill instead of the dump.
On the other hand, I don't know if we have the mill capacity in this region. We have a lot of pines being cut down that have been destroyed by the bark beetle (big fire hazard) and have a huge waiting list to process these logs.
Does anyone know about Shamel Ash as lumber?
I am looking for a local source. This is the tree most often cut down for interference with power lines. If the wood is good I would love to see about the city taking the trunks or major branches to a mill instead of the dump.
On the other hand, I don't know if we have the mill capacity in this region. We have a lot of pines being cut down that have been destroyed by the bark beetle (big fire hazard) and have a huge waiting list to process these logs.