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Information on California hardwood species
Whitethorn Hardwoods Products
Hardwood processing services
Sustainable hardwood forest management information
Community benefits
Smartwood chain-of-custody certification

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California's native hardwoods are finally being recognized as a viable resource for the wood products industry.   Here's why...

  • Products made from Whitethorn's California hardwood species are beautiful, workable, stable and properly dried
  • Native California hardwoods are an important part of the species diversity that creates and maintains healthy and productive growing conditions in California's North Coast Forests.

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California's Hardwood Industry - Why now? California's Hardwood Species - Just the facts
California hardwoods have always been a part of the regional forest resource.  Why didn't an industry develop before now?

Click on the above link for a brief outline of the local California hardwood industry, and why there is renewed interest in this valuable local resource.

California's hardwoods produce high quality wood products. 

If you want to know what we mean by "high quality," check out the technical specifications on our local hardwood and compare them to commercially available eastern or tropical hardwoods.  

Whitethorn Hardwoods is a division of Whitethorn Construction
P.O. Box 400, Whitethorn, CA 95589
707 / 986-7412
kforden@whitethornconstruction.com