Butch: I have often wondered where the folks that love guitars, fiddles, and such are going to get the material to make them if we can't cut down trees. Plastic just isn't as good.

Bobert: 'Tis my understanding that the lumber companies who harvest the trees approved for cutting pay the forest service which, in turn, helps finance the cost of forest management. Is there anyone out there better versed about this than I am? I really don't think Uncle Sam invites the logging companies in to cut down trees and keep all the profit from the sale of them. Do they?

DougR