Logging Old-Growth Forest of the Pacific NorthWest

Since the early 1980's logging has been controversial in the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Spotted Owl has been at the center of it all. Somehow, scientists, resource managers, and the logging industry must all agree on the definition of sustainability. For without Old-growth forests, we all will suffer in different ways. See the Yew and Taxol gallery for just one example.

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

Self portrait showing old-growth Douglas Fir

Spotted Owl Bumper Sticker. Found on an old pickup truck in a logging community in late 1980 in Oregon.

Displayed in a logging community, this sign expresses the sentiments of local Oregon residents during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Forks, Washington

Probably not their proudest moment.

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