Local tree huggers and logger

[Okanagan]

A logger friend of mine was asked by the County Parks boss to remove fallen trees from a nearby park.  A violent wind storm had knocked down hundreds of trees, closing trails and some of them dangerously leaning on other trees and at risk of falling.  They put up signs and caution tape at every park trail entrance saying that they were cleaning up storm fallen trees, opening trails, and to stay out while the huge logging machines were working.

Some people would walk right up to huge skidders and log loaders, etc. when they were moving logs, loading trucks etc..  The Parks director got lots of phone calls and letters to the editor shrilly complaining that the county was letting loggers cut the pristine forest, etc. 

The parks crew had started work on the logs and got half a load ready to haul in three weeks of dangerous work on the leaners.  My friend and his son hauled out 23 logging truck loads in a little over a week and left the park cleaner than before.  Mostly 2-3 foot diameter fir with some cedar, hemlock and spruce, long and tall beautiful logs with the first limb 30-40 feet up the tree.   

[Hawks Feather]

A woman from Los Angeles, who was a tree hugger and an anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timberland.  There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.  She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so she started to climb the big tree.

As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl that attacked her. In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the ground and got many splinters in her crotch.

In considerable pain, she hurried to the nearest doctor.  She told him she was an environmentalist and an anti-hunter and how she came to get all the splinters.  The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he could help her.

She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeared.  The angry woman demanded, "What took you so long?"

He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth timber from a Recreational area.  I'm sorry, but they turned me down."

[FinsnFur]

Well, that escalated quickly   

[nastygunz]

LOL