thanks, very good to know since i spent my 300 hours with it,.
It looks very similar to western red cedar, but has a slightly warmer color than wrc i like it much better i wish i had more.

in this vid the lighter color is "juniper"..the dark is mahogany.
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=mru5ad&s=3

: Yup, you probably have chamaecyparis thyoide. It's formally called Atlantic
: White Cypress or Atlantic Whitecedar but can sometimes be called juniper.
: It is lovely to work with. I was a bit harsh calling it nearly extinct.
: According to the World Conservation Union it's listed as Least Concern, a
: lower risk. It can be found and is still harvested, but it isn't found
: like it used to. It used to grow in huge stands up and down the eastern
: coast of the US. Heavy timber cutting in the early 1900's decimated it.
: What was cut ended up in a lot of shingles, posts, woodenware, barrels,
: interior finishes and boats. It only grows in a pretty specific type of
: wetland. Many cranberry bogs in New England were once stands of AWC. They
: are sensitive to development and changes in water amount and chemistry.
: Deer and rabbits find them delicious as well. They also seem to require
: brush fires to germinate their seeds. Now add the fact that they are
: extremely slow growing. Some AWC that were 8" diameter were found to
: be almost 200 years old!! You can now understand what the few groves left
: are up against and why we don't see AWC too often at the lumber yard...

: Dan

: I've included a link for the status of AWC in NH.