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Promotion
Leading The Way Of Hardwood Promotion
The “Buck” Starts And Stops With Us
by LINDA JOVANOVICH
Director of Operations
Hardwood Manufacturers Association
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Each of us can play an important part in spreading the Hardwood “message.”
As a wood-products industry professional, what are you personally
doing to promote the use of U.S. Hardwoods?
Have you verbalized the endless virtues of Hardwood to your family
members? Do your neighbors truly understand the “greenness” of our
industry? And because there is so much interest in responsible specifying
and overall environmental awareness, at a grassroots level, have you
shown your community leaders how well Hardwood fits into their planning
for a more environmentally-friendly community?
At your next social gathering, instead of small-talk, discuss our industry
and the virtues of Hardwood. And if you need some help with the language,
use these Hardwood facts:
• The Natural Choice – It’s no coincidence that basketball courts are
solid Maple or that so many brilliant Frank Lloyd Wright creations feature
Red Oak. U.S. Hardwoods are the natural choice for environmentally
conscious consumers, builders, architects and designers. They are
durable, attractive, “green,” and last a lifetime.
• Homegrown – Stop searching the globe. Nearly two dozen abundant
species provide a spectrum of colors and grain patterns to satisfy any decorating
scheme and offer more choices than any other temperate
Hardwood forest in the world.
• Healthy – U.S. Hardwoods are non-toxic; don’t trap allergens like
mold spores and dust and are often recommended by doctors for those
with allergies or asthma.
• Renewing Resource – The U.S. Forest Service reports that more U.S.
Hardwoods grow than are harvested each year. In the last 50 years, the
volume of Hardwoods in our forests has nearly doubled. Foresters work
with Nature’s timeline: sustained supply and ongoing replenishment are
the result.
• Responsible Forest Management – In U.S. Hardwood forestry, the
predominant harvesting method is single-tree selection - not clear-cutting.
Foresters select individual trees; crews carefully remove them.
Openings in the forest canopy are created so that more precipitation, sunlight
and nutrients reach the forest floor.
• Carbon Negative – Thanks to photosynthesis, trees reduce greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere by removing carbon dioxide, storing carbon and
releasing oxygen. That makes wood more than carbon neutral; it’s carbon
negative.
• Energy Efficient & Environmentally Friendly – It takes less energy to
make products from wood than other materials and virtually every part of
a log is used as lumber or a wood by-product. And finished Hardwood
products are re-useable, recyclable and biodegradable. Official environmental
study results are available at www.corrim.org.
Don’t assume others know what you know. Your knowledge and expe-
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