I Told You So

I wrote this letter nearly 30 years ago and it was published in the Kalispell Daily Inter Lake newspaper – please read it.

“I just finished reading in the Daily Inter Lake where farmers who lost 40 percent of their crops are eligible for federal disaster funds. What I would like to know is, when will we loggers be paid for the loss of our crops? I am talking about the millions of board feet of blowdown left to rot in the woods; the millions of board feet of dead and dying, bug-killed timber; and last, but not least, billions of board feet of over-mature timber standing, just going to hell.

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