AngelsGarden's Blog

~~Pine Tree Logging~~
Apr 28, 2008 | 10:56 AM PST
Tags: Logging , Pine Trees

For about the last 10 days there has been logging going on in the field behind our house.  When they first started the machines were working almost directly behind our yard, about a 1/3 of a mile away.  I was surprised at my own reaction.  It almost made me cry, to hear the tree branches breaking.  I did manage to watch for a few minutes one time.  There was some kind of machine that was just mowing down any sections that didn't have decent sized trees for them to take.  The larger ones were grabbed by another machine with some large clamps, then cut off just above the ground level.  Then the cut tree was turned on its side and somehow all of the branches stripped from the main trunk.  The tree was stacked, awaiting a truck to carry it away.  I don't know why the property owner is cutting them, so I can't judge.  All I can think of though is the wildlife.  Owls, Hawks, Woodpeckers, etc. and etc.  If any of those trees had baby birds in them, they are surely dead now. I don't think I have a real good daytime pic of the before. It seems that I was always taking pics at sunset and not in the day.  Here is what I do have to give you a little idea.

You can at least see the large pine on the left and the tops of the others .

Here is a pic as of a couple of days ago, all of the pines are gone.

Since I got home there have been two truckloads this size that have pulled out.  Notice the size of the driver that is tying down the load, compared to the size of the trees.