Post-wildfire logging
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Jon Haas, finance director for Breitenbush Hot Springs, tries to count the rings on one of the smaller logs that have been cut and now line Hwy 46 on the way to Breitenbush, March 5, 2021.
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Logged trees line the road to Breitenbush, March 5, 2021.
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Woody Jackson, left, and Jay Hennigan, president of the Breitenbush Cabin Owners Association, survey the area where their cabin once stood in Breitenbush, March 5, 2021. The area and their cabin was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Jay Hennigan, president of the Breitenbush Cabin Owners Association, holds up a piece of melted glass where his cabin once stood in Breitenbush, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Jay Hennigan, president of the Breitenbush Cabin Owners Association, looks at some of the rubble remaining where his cabin once stood in Breitenbush, March 5, 2021. The cabin was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Jay Hennigan and Woody Jackson's cabin in Breitenbush, one of 71 cabins built primarily in the 30's on U.S. Forest Service land and are privately owned. The cabin was destroyed along will the others in the area when the wildfire swept through in 2020.
Courtesy of Woody Jackson
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Jay Hennigan and Woody Jackson's cabin in Breitenbush, one of 71 cabins built primarily in the 30's on U.S. Forest Service land and are privately owned. The cabin was destroyed along will the others in the area when the wildfire swept through in 2020.
Courtesy of Jay Hennigan
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Jay Hennigan and Woody Jackson's cabin in Breitenbush, one of 71 cabins built primarily in the 30's on U.S. Forest Service land and are privately owned. The cabin was destroyed along will the others in the area when the wildfire swept through in 2020.
Courtesy of Woody Jackson
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Logged areas in Breitenbush, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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A chimney stands with other charred trees near Breitenbush Hot Springs, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Jon Haas, finance director for Breitenbush Hot Springs, looks over the decks of timber along Hwy 46 on the way to Breitenbush, March 5, 2021.
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Cars travel along Hwy 46 on the way to Breitenbush, a place known for the large and lush forests, but has now been heavily logged following the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Ralph Bloemers consults a map where he is about to fly his drone to photograph a heavily burned area in the Santiam Forest, Feb. 26, 2021. He will compare the images to those he shot previously to see how the area is recovering.
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An animal jawbone is charred, near the Santiam State Forest area, Feb. 26, 2021.
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Ralph Bloemers has been documenting the areas affected by the 2020 Santiam Fire. He retrieves a drone after photographing a heavily burned area, Feb. 26, 2021, and will compare the images to those he shot previously to see how the area is recovering.
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Jon Haas, finance director for Breitenbush Hot Springs, looks over the logged area near Breitenbush Hot Springs, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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A burned out car near Breitenbush Hot Springs, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Charred rubble near Breitenbush Hot Springs, March 5, 2021. The area was destroyed by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires in 2020.
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Kyle Kaupp, left, Ole Buch and Jason Cox, right, with the Oregon Department of Forestry walk past a timber sale boundary marker in the Santiam State Forest where the agency has proposed logging some of the trees burned in the Beachie Creek Fire.
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A timber sale boundary marker outlines one of the areas proposed for logging in the Monument Peak area of the Santiam State Forest.
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