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Editorial

by Stephen Long | July 1st 2011 |

The first time my wife and I had logging work done on our land, we made all the classic mistakes: we were away when the work was done; we had no contract with the logger; and we didn’t mark or have someone else mark the pines to be sold. When we returned, we were very discouraged with what we saw, and thanked heaven that we hadn’t let him loose in the hardwoods. Our sole consolation was that we had sent some of the pine to be milled for our use and I trimmed the doors and windows of our new house with it.

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