Lum•ber : ləmbər : timber or logs especially when dressed for use.
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It has been very wet these last weeks.
The days are long and dark here in the Cascade foothills of southwest Washington state.
Other than shooting lots of grey, soggy things, there’s not much to shoot.
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I drove over on the other side of town to Hampton Mills on SR 7,
and watched the logging trucks being unloaded.
Then also watched drivers piggy-backing their empty trailers
so they can go get another load of logs up in the hills.
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There also was this forklift operator
shoving racks of 4 bundles of 2x4s into line for drying in the kilns.
A kiln filled with bundles takes about 10 hours to dry.
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Our small rural logging town is alive
mostly because we are still supported by the logging industry.
A huge controversy erupted in the late 1980s
about the Northern Spotted Owl, being an endangered species.
In 1991 a Federal Court ruling put the kibosh on a great deal of the logging
in California, Oregon and Washington.
Now it is loggers who are an endangered ‘species,’ in many places.
Many small towns, communities and families were supported by logging.
They were decimated by that court ruling.
Those towns, communities and sadly some families
have never recovered their livelihoods.
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Blessings,
Environment versus livelihoods is so often a difficult conundrum. It seems to me that compromise is needed.
Take care and stay safe.
Yes, I agree their must be sacrifices to save endangered species. Sometimes the cost to either side, environment/animals vs people can be tragic and very high. Sometimes it is hard to parse out the correct path so everyone survives. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.