Logging

I had the fortunate opportunity to go up on the west end of Boulder yesterday with some logger friends of mine. Any day on the mountain is fine day, but seeing some loggin going on was extra special. There was time it was common to see crews crawling the in the trees, but for a decade now they are about as rare and obsolete as the dinosaur. Federal regulations, and environmentalist have all but shut down the small operator. The sale I was on yesterday above Dark Valley took two years to get, but the hard work and persistence put a smile on some loggers faces that was as big as the mountain itself.
Like a fine garden, the forest needs attention and care. Recent wild fires all over the west are signs that isn’t happening. Under growth and dead wood causes massive damage and reduces access to useable lands. Like pruning urban trees is a must, so goes the need in the forest. Wood is a viable resource, management practices are essential, yet it isn’t being done, and the small operator and rural communities are the one’s paying the price.
So to see what I saw yesterday did me good, and if you could have seen the smiles on those logger’s faces, well it is one of those deals where you just had to be there
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