Please Don't Call it Forestry, Part 1: The Timber Industry
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| See also: Douglas-fir National Monument, and Old-growth Douglas-fir Forests |
Image 1. A logging truck on Montague Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Image 2. A logging operation (clearcutting) on an area of private land
Image 3. A logging operation (clearcutting) on an area of private land
Image 4. A logging operation (clearcutting) on an area of private land
Image 5. A logging operation (clearcutting) on an area of private land
Image 6. A thinning operation in Willamette National Forest,
Image 7. Thinned forest in Willamette National Forest,
Image 8. Thinned forest in Willamette National Forest,
Image 9. Thinned forest in Willamette National Forest,
Image 10. A Weyerhauser log dock near Coos Bay, Oregon about 1990.
Image 11. Douglas-fir logs at a mill in Roseburg, Oregon.
Image 12. Intensively "managed" timberland in Willamette National Forest of Oregon, with two Douglas-fir stands of trees all the same age within each stand. A tree plantation, not a natural forest.
Image 13. Intensively "managed" timberland in Willamette National Forest of Oregon, with two Douglas-fir stands of trees all the same age within each stand.
Image 14. Landslides are common where
steep slopes have been clearcut.
Image 15. Landslides are common where
steep slopes have been clearcut.
Image 16. Dragging logs out of an area of Pygmy Forest, Mendocino Co., California.
Image 17. A log truck near Sweet Home, Oregon.
Image 18. A log truck near McKensie Bridge, Oregon.
Image 19. Logs at a mill in Roseburg, Oregon.
Image 20. Logs at a mill in Roseburg, Oregon.
Image 21. A pile of wood chips on a dock in Coos Bay, Oregon about 1990.
Image 22.Wood chips on a dock in Coos Bay, Oregon about 1990.
Image 23: A remnant of logging from many years ago, this giant sequoia stump
Image 24. On the left is a section of 2 x 4 from a house built about 1923, the wood having been cut from old-growth Douglas-fir. On the right is a 2 x 4 from 2017. |
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