Bridging the Gap Between Lumber Production and Native Plant Restoration
The story of our sawmill collective is rooted primarily in the shared vision of being able to build whilst maintaining a healthier impact on the local ecologies which support our construction. The name Black Oak Timber comes from the recognition of our home in the southern Willamette Valley and points to an important native ecosystem which only thrives with tending by humans. This ecosystem is the oak woodland. The many indigenous tribes of this region tended various types of ecosystems with...
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