| There is nothing like the warm ambiance and enduring | | | | teamed up to offer the best nature has to |
| quality of a Log Home. Eco-Log Building Concepts is a | | | | offer-preservation of forests and wildlife. The |
| unique Builder and supplier of Log Home and Cabin | | | | foundation is built on the theory, "good forestry is |
| Kits. Unlike other Log Home Builders, Eco-Log Building | | | | good business." By carefully selecting the timber used |
| Concepts has tapped into an un-discovered market | | | | on the Log Home Building Kits, preventing wasted |
| by constructing environmentally-friendly, "state of the | | | | materials, and selecting high- quality, long lasting wood |
| art" Log Homes. Furthermore, this Log Home | | | | such as hemlock, the eco-system is able to be |
| Construction company seeks out high- quality wood | | | | protected and preserved. |
| from the 60,000 acre, privately-owned Haliburton | | | | "Because hemlock is often overlooked by today's |
| Forest Wildlife Reserve, located about 2.5 hours north | | | | builders, the price is lower than many other species, |
| of Toronto Ontario to develop various, charming Log | | | | an advantage we pass on to our customers for their |
| Home designs. | | | | Log Home Construction," says Schleifenbaum. |
| Haliburton Forest Wildlife Reserve ( got started when | | | | Eco-Log Building Concepts ( was a natural fit for the |
| owner and Forestry graduate Peter Schleifenbaum | | | | Haliburton Forest Reserve. There are specific |
| moved to Ontario from his native country, Germany, | | | | quantities of mature hemlock that come due for |
| in 1987. He moved in an effort to take over and | | | | harvesting every season - some measuring up to |
| manage the land left to him by his father. A quarter | | | | thirty inches in diameter. Each tree is individually |
| of a century earlier, in 1962, the elder Schleifenbaum | | | | selected, carefully felled and skidded by horse before |
| purchased the large tract of wilderness from a | | | | transportation to the nearby Haliburton Forest Mill. |
| Logging Company that had depleted the timber | | | | Using state of the art saws, each board is squared |
| resources and moved on. Over the past four | | | | for timbers or sawn into boards for planking. |
| decades the land has been transformed to become a | | | | The Eco-Log Home and Cottage Building Kits utilize |
| thriving operation. Today, Peter Schleifenbaum | | | | the Haliburton Forest hemlock. The Log Homes boast |
| continues to contribute economically and | | | | steep pitched roofs, spacious lofts, and heavy timber |
| environmentally to the long-term ecological stability of | | | | walls. Standard logs come 8" x 8" squared but there |
| the forest. | | | | are other options for seasonal buildings. Although |
| As a leading provider of conservation and sustainable | | | | Eco-Log has many standard plans available from 100 |
| resource management, in 1998, under the stringent | | | | to 3000 square feet, Log Homes can be built to any |
| guidelines of the International Forest Stewardship | | | | design. "We have developed many Ontario Log |
| Council, Haliburton Forest was certified as the "First | | | | Homes and have shipped a number internationally. All |
| Sustainable Forest" in Canada. This recognition was | | | | of our customers agree that Log Homes look like a |
| certified by the Boston based Smartwood / | | | | home should-welcoming, comforting and enduring", |
| Rainforest Alliance, the agent at that time. | | | | says Gord Higgins, Sales Manager for Eco-Log. |
| Eco-Log Building Concepts has tapped into the | | | | One thing is for sure - Log Homes are back in |
| resources and ecological preservation theories of | | | | fashion. There are many Internet based resources |
| Schleifenbaum and Haliburton Forest. They have gone | | | | for Log Building Construction techniques. Haliburton |
| to the heart of the Wilderness to develop Log | | | | Forest Reserve can also provide prospective home |
| Homes that will be environmentally-friendly, attractive, | | | | purchasers with a tour of the mill and review the Log |
| and charming- suited to meet their clients' needs. | | | | Home Manufacturing process. |
| Eco-Log Building Concepts and Haliburton Forest have | | | | |