Comments on: Nontimber Forest Products: Balsam boughs

By: dwilsey

dwilsey — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:28:15 +0000

Thanks for the comments Bruce and Cheryl! The positive blog entry about the wreath class is certainly appreciated. Bruce, your comment about the need for a evidence of legal harvest echoes many that I heard while doing bough research in the region back in 2000. Product origin is, and likely always will be, a slippery issue with nontimber forest products. I don’t know where things stand today on an explicit requirement for buyers to verify legality of harvest, but it’s an issue worth checking out.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:09:19 +0000

My sister and I participated in the wreath making class; we drove three hours and it was worth every minute and mile of the drive. From learning how to harvest sustainably, to making our own layered wreath, we gained a wealth of knowledge. Thanks, Julie, and Janet, for delivering a top notch class! I wrote about it in my blog also: http://good-thymes.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/walk-in-the-woods/wreath-making-101/

By: Bruce ZumBahlen

Bruce ZumBahlen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:40:47 +0000

Nice article on making wreaths. Enjoyed it very much. Following highlight # 4 on MN Law requiring a permit to cut on state land, there should be a #5 for those who cut boughs to sell to a buyer of cut boughs (agents for wreath manufacturers). Highlight #5 should address the need for the bough cutter to show evidence that boughs were cut legally (e.g. the permit for state land, bill of sale issued by a landowner, or a property tax statement if the boughs were cut on the bough cutters property.)