rbowman wrote in :


I don't know about Colorado prices but you'd better get used to pine,
doug fir, and larch. Except for the ornamental maples in town that
somebody might miss the only 'hardwood' around here is cottonwood. The
beavers love it, and it's a nice shade tree, but that's all it's good for.

Not so! Cottonwood has one very important commercial use: it is an outstanding raw material
for making paper.