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Saving the environment with urban forested lumber

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Sean O'Brien, owner of Pacific Coast Lumber in Paso Robles, California
Tom Wilmer
Sean O'Brien, owner of Pacific Coast Lumber in Paso Robles, California

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Sean O’Brien, owner of Pacific Coast Lumber in Paso Robles, California.

Join O’Brien to discover the world of urban salvage reclaimed wood where reuse of trees destroyed by forest fires and windstorms mitigates carbon sequestration.

Fire damaged cedar from the Sierras lives on as newly milled wood at Pacific Coast Lumber
Tom Wilmer
Fire damaged cedar from the Sierras lives on as newly milled wood at Pacific Coast Lumber

We’ll also discover the beauty of reclaimed oak, cypress, walnut, redwood, cedar and other beautiful woods native to California that live a second life as flooring, furniture, countertops and more.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.