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January 28, 2010

‘Ax Men' loggers win Oregon forestry award

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — In Rock Creek, a tributary of the Nehalem River in Clatsop County, water is meandering around 40-foot logs under wispy white alder branches.

There's no sign that Mark Gustafson and his logging crew were ever there, pulling logs down from the slope above and placing them precisely into the stream so they would enrich the riparian habitat without washing away.


 
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