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On 19 Jul 1997 20:07:13 GMT, gregr@black.kilchis.com (Greg Rose)
wrote:

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>Actually, Saddle Mt. had already been logged by the time of the Tillamook
>Burn.  I've seen pictures of the loggers standing next to some big logs
>taken from Saddle Mt. that were dated in the '20s.

My father-in-law got in on some of the later logging, but hubby's
family was in on this stuff.  I think we've got pix.

Furthermore, the Tillamook Burn was one of several burns, not just one
big one.  My father-in-law (who was one of those wild-n-crazy sorts
who climbed the spar tree and prepped it before the mechanical stuff)
not only logged salvage and green stuff in the Burn, he helped fight
fire back back in one of the later burns after WWII, I believe.

Unfortunately, I never got around to taping his stories before he
died, which was too bad.  Lotsa good ones.

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>It also leaves a lot of loggers and local mills with fewer jobs.  Forests
>should be managed for sustainable and reliable production of timber so
>that people can have steady and reliable jobs.  IMHO, the Clatsop
>State Forest that is just adjacent to many of the private lands
>around Saddle Mt. is a prime example of how this can be done while
>still preserving recreational and other multiple-use features of
>the forest.  Of course, private timber companies have no reason to
>worry about recreational or multiple-use needs, but as good corporate
>neighbors they should take into account the long-term needs of the
>communities surrounding them and try to manage their forests for
>a sustainable job base.

amen, brother Greg,  and AMEN.

For some reason this logic seems to escape both conservationist and
logger alike.  Why?


jrw