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As a builder of African marimbas, I get the occassional person ask about "responsably harvested" wood. I did quite a bit of research into it a few years back and came up with a rather jaded view of the organizations "certifying" certain woods as "ecologically sound". As far as Zebrawood goes, there is plenty of it. What we are running into short supply on is the "quick tree". Most of the world's supply of Zebrawood is growing in places that are not easy to access or to haul wood from. It sometimes has to be cut by hand and hauled for a long ways before it can be loaded onto a truck. 90% of the world's rainforest destruction is happening by "slash and burn" methods to make way for monoagriculture. This kinda puts the whole "should I boycott exotic hardwoods" question into a different perspective. I strongly encourage you to feel guilty if that is your path in life. Me, I stay out of the debate. :) Stephen > well, back in '87, I bought my late-70s zebrawood tele body used, so I'd > say...ummm...yeah, sure, enjoy! (LOL) Someone later told me that > zebrawood was endangered, which makes it about as politically correct as > peeing on a homeless man, but like I said, it's not as if I'd put in a > custom order. (Is it endangered, or have I been feeling guilty about > nothing?) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250