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Modern Logging in the North |
In the upper Great Lakes states, logging is a vital industry. This video takes you into the world of today's loggers and examines the latest equipment and techniques used to harvest this natural resource.
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Life in the Lumber Camps |
Four retired lumberjacks give first person accounts of life in the woods. They describe what the dawn-to-dusk routine was like including the food, bunkhouses, log drives, and other fascinating elements of lumbering life.
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Minnesota's Lumberjacks |
This is a realistic view of the true living and working conditions of the "jacks" in Minnesota forests. Men who worked in the woods provide factual accounts. They recall both the pleasures and the challenges.
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Minnesota Logging |
Early logging is chronicled from activities in St. Croix on through the end of the era when handsaws, axes, and horses were used. Archival film and old photos are used.
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Minnesota's Timber |
Tree-harvesting techniques that pose a threat to the natural balance of our forests are covered. These include clear cutting, pollution from oil spilled, trash left behind after logging, and single species re-planting. Maps show the locations of hardwoods and softwoods in Minnesota.
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