Have been watching this logging operation for about 3 months now. I was really surprised to see it. My neighbor, who has been a logger ever since they hauled logs by mule, said it's a clear cut job, which explains the clear landscape. I guess the Governor ok'd it and it put quite a few people to work. They brought in 3 big machines that just walked up one side and down the other felling, stripping, cutting and stacking. Joe said the machines probably ran in excess of $700K each.
You can't see it but the clear cutting wraps around the mountain below this picture for quite a ways. A lot of the wood was waste wood, like from trash trees. I drove down closer and noticed they were actually leaving some stands of oak and maple, small stuff but it'll grow much bigger as time goes on. Right now it looks horrible but it won't be long before it starts greening over unless these torrential downpours start washing away the dirt and clay. Anyway - I was sitting here looking at that and said to myself, "Self, you need to find out who owns that land and see if you can arrowhead hunt some of those washouts and cleared areas. And that's just what I'm gonna do. Ya never know what's lurking down there just waiting to be discovered.
You can't see it but the clear cutting wraps around the mountain below this picture for quite a ways. A lot of the wood was waste wood, like from trash trees. I drove down closer and noticed they were actually leaving some stands of oak and maple, small stuff but it'll grow much bigger as time goes on. Right now it looks horrible but it won't be long before it starts greening over unless these torrential downpours start washing away the dirt and clay. Anyway - I was sitting here looking at that and said to myself, "Self, you need to find out who owns that land and see if you can arrowhead hunt some of those washouts and cleared areas. And that's just what I'm gonna do. Ya never know what's lurking down there just waiting to be discovered.
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