50 Miles East, Logging the Dry Side

[slowp]

Left at 0 dark thirty and drove to the sunny Eastside of the Cascades. Here's what is happening. This is a fuels reduction project. There are summer cabins in the area, and a lot of bug kill in the woods. So far, it is all mechanized. There'll be some hand falling and skyline later.

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Here's a lake in the distance. It feeds water for irrigation in the Yakima Valley.

The post skidded area. Because the trees are farther apart, I walked my chubby legs off today. Need Ibuprofen!! Also, I wish they would water the skid trails so it isn't so dusty. I have long hair for goodness sakes!! It takes a while to dry after washing...:biggrinbounce2:

A different look at The Mountain

Meanwhile, back at the landing. I was curious to see if the truckers threw the wrappers over or if, like their other eastside truckers, had the loader lift them over. But alas, I was called away to slap paint on trees and snags.

 

[forestryworks]

Nice pictures!

I'm guessing the ponderosa will take advantage of the disturbed soil on the skid trails and regenerate in abundance there?

We cruised timber in a recently logged area... solid pine regeneration on the skid trails.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Nice change of scenery but it was 60 degrees and sunny over here