There's a good article about Western Red Cedar on the front page of today's Seattle Times. It talks about the wood's properties and also traditional usage. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134596671_cedar16m.html It will probably get moved to a different URL later today or tomorrow. I'll post the archived URL when that happens.

- Chip
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