I carve some from cork I order from the Duck Blind, I have some cedar but it was expensive to ship so I have a dwindling small pile. Mostly I use basswood which is available in Mo. it is also called linden by some depending on who and where you have to buy it. Someone has a sawmill around you, ask everyone you know. The good thing about finding a small mill is the price I get my bass for $1 to $1.50 a board foot milled to my specs. The bad thing is you have to get it dried or wait a couple years there is a large kiln company in Weston Mo. that will dry wood for you. They charge $.50 bdf with a 500bdf minimum or $250 minimum if you have less than 500bdf. We had around 400bdf dried one year and it still cost us less than $2 a bdf when it was all done, not a bad price for custom cut and dried carving wood. I use some dimensional lumber from the lumber yard also, it is not bad to carve if you are carving just a little detail, if you have a planer it glues up nicely.