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Lower Big River |
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Tour: Pre and Post Little NF Big River 1975 Logging Ground Picts |
Click on image to enlarge (87K). Click here to display a larger version (416K).Fifty four foot circumference old-growth redwood before 1975 clearcut by Georgia Pacific. Stand adjoins Jackson Demonstration State Forest on Little North Fork of Big River, one mile south of Hwy. 20. Mar 18 1975. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
Click on image to enlarge (56K). Click here to display a larger version (267K).Fifty four foot circumference old-growth redwood after 1975 clearcut by Georgia Pacific. See previous picture. Stand adjoins Jackson Demonstration State Forest on Little North Fork of Big River, one mile south of Hwy. 20. Mar 18 1975. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
Click on image to enlarge (74K). Click here to display a larger version (375K).Activist counting growth rings on stump of 54 ft. circumference old-growth redwood cut by Georgia Pacific. Each pushpin along the measuring tape marks 100 years of growth. The tree was approximately 1540 years old. Growth rings were so closely spaced that a magnifying glass was needed to count them. Stand adjoined Jackson Demonstration State Forest on East Branch Little North Fork of Big River, one mile south of Hwy. 20. Dec 8 1975. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
Click on image to enlarge (68K). Click here to display a larger version (364K).Fourteen foot diameter hollow, old-growth redwood before 1975 clearcut of 160 acres by Georgia Pacific adjoining Jackson State Forest on Little North Fork of Big River. Meca Wawona admires tree. 6/28/75. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
Click on image to enlarge (78K). Click here to display a larger version (843K).Ten foot diameter old-growth redwood cut in 1975 by Georgia Pacific as part of 160 acre virgin grove clear cut adjoining Jackson State Forest on Little North Fork of Big River. Meca Wawona is at center of photo. 6/28/75. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
Click on image to enlarge (66K). Click here to display a larger version (353K).Douglas fir seedling planted after 1975 virgin redwood clearcut by Georgia Pacific. Stand adjoined Jackson State Forest on Little North Fork of Big River, one mile south of Hwy. 20. Dec 8, 1975. Photo courtesy of and copyright by Nicholas Wilson.
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