A special issue on forestry, based on the belief that what happens on the ground counts as much as what the Forest Service decides, the lawyers argue or the Congress legislates.
Montana Power wins a big one at Colstrip
The Montana Public Service Commission has reversed an aggressive decision it made in 1984 to deny Montana Power Company a rate increase to fund an expansion of its Colstrip coal-fired power plant. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Cutting the forests down to Jeffersonian size
The small-mill local-market industry has proliferated during this century, in the wake of the tree-mining industry that logged-out the old-growth and moved on. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
The timber industry is a way of life
The romantic appeal of the logging industry surely adds to the community spirit seen at Horseshoe Bend’s Loggers’ Day in Idaho. But there is another reason logging and millwork have maintained a definite sense of worth: the pay. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Sawing through to another world
The author recounts his time at a sawmill at Crystal Creek, Colo., a juncture of two worlds: between logs and boards, between trees and what becomes of them. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.17/download-entire-issue.) This article appeared…