Thursday, June 13, 2013

Colorado wildfires prompt evacuation of thousands

Why the Windswept Eco-Story is so significant




Colorado is facing a trio of wildfires in hot, dry conditions, including one threatening the world's highest suspension bridge.  How does this relate to Windswept Weathered Wood?  Our raw product is derived primarily from the beetle-kill forest of the Colorado Rocky Mountain region.  
This region is desperate to find usage for this disaster driven wood that plagues the landscape with devastating wildfires that threaten far more than timber loss.

 The current blazes have razed dozens of homes and prompted the evacuation of nearly 6,500 people.  One of the fires, spanning 300 acres (121 hectares), is near the Royal Gorge Bridge on the Arkansas River.

A second fire is raging north of the city of Colorado Springs, as reported by BBC News.  A third blaze, sparked by lightning, was burning further north in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Officials have also closed and evacuated hundreds of people from another park near Royal Gorge Bridge, the world's highest suspension bridge at 956ft (291m), and parts of a nearby highway.

The Eco-Story for fiber usage of dead or standing dead beetle-kill trees remains phenomenal chronicle for environmental purest.  We have helped to generate a new category of environmental sustainable in that we claim unused, unwanted virgin standing dead (or dying) timber that otherwise would be carbon released into the atmosphere.

Contact me for more information, samples requests and inquiries.

Glen Ehrhardt, Business Development
Windswept Weathered Wood
PO Box 59 
Lakebay, WA  98349
P. (253) 884-6255  
F. (253) 884-6256



Monday, April 22, 2013

EMERGENCY- Mountain Pine Beetle-kill

CLICK HERE - COMPLETE STORY

FIRE INFORMATION ARCHIVE

One of the most visible effects of the MPB is the annuals summer fire season, fueled in large part from beetle-killed trees. This archive is designed to help you find specific information by state or fire, and sign up for fire and other weather emergencies in your area.


Windswept has helped to generate a new category of environmental sustainable in that we claim unused, unwanted virgin standing dead (or dying) timber that otherwise would be carbon released into the atmosphere.  

Windswept adds style, sophistication and practicality to what designers have long called for ~ a reclaimed appearance with the stability and structural integrity of new wood backed by industry associations, and at nearly half the investment of reclaimed woods with minimal waste.  This combined with our warm Eco-Story allows a fresh environmental chronicle.

Beetle-kill forest from the Colorado Rocky Mountain regions is what is utilized in the rustic wood appearance of Windswept Weathered Wood products.  This New-Sustainable resource of fiber is truly the Eco-Story of the year.

Epidemic outbreaks of native mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) populations have affected over 1.6 million have affected  a large area of predominantly lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forests in Colorado and southern Wyoming since 1996. Policy makers, forest managers, and the public are concerned that resulting tree mortality will increase fire risk (probability of fire occurrence) and fire hazard (amount and configuration of flammable fuels, and resulting fire behavior), threatening communities in the wildland-urban interface, key watersheds, and recreation-based tourism for decades to come.

As the director of business development, please feel free to contact me directly as I would like to assist you personally.


Glen Ehrhardt, Business Development
Windswept Weathered Wood
PO Box 59 
Lakebay, WA  98349

P. (253) 884-6255  
F. (253) 884-6256


Web  www.harvest-timber.com