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"This Tree Has Stood Here For 500 Years. Will It Be Sold For $17,500?"

"The Sitka spruce soaring more than 180 feet skyward has stood on this spot on Prince of Wales Island for centuries. While fierce winds have contorted the towering trunks of its neighbors, the spruce’s trunk is ramrod straight. Standing apart from the rest of the canopy, it ascends to the height of a 17-story building." ....

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Ancient tree, guardian of Earth

The Sitka spruce soaring more than 180 feet skyward has stood on this spot on Prince of Wales Island for centuries. While fierce winds have contorted the towering trunks of its neighbors, the spruce's trunk is ramrod straight. Standing apart from the rest of the canopy, it ascends to the height of a 17-story building. ....

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Could rising timber prices aid the Tongass transition to second-growth logging?


Could rising timber prices aid the Tongass transition to second-growth logging?
Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 29, 2021
This is a 70-year old stand of young growth timber, photographed in 2013. The tightly-packed trees are growing among the stumps of their much larger predecessors. (USDA photo)
Soaring lumber prices could be a boon for Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry. The pandemic has fueled the demand for both renovations and the new home construction market, and supply has not kept up.
But industry experts are divided over how to best seize the opportunity in the region: By cutting what’s left of Tongass old growth, or by retooling to cut younger, second-growth trees. ....

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