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The Story of Sinker Lumber by Jeff Young
Read More: The Story of Sinker Lumber by Jeff YoungThe first sawmill came to the Pine Ridge area in the early 1850s, and by the 1880s several other sawmills were being operated around the local area. Around 1890 a sawmill was built on Stevenson Creek and within a couple of years an earth and rock dam was spanning the creek to provide water to a flume that would carry lumber to Clovis. This operation was run by Lewis P. Swift and C.B. Shaver who had several steam donkeys supplying logs to this large mill. Early on, the logs were skidded directly to the mill pond and then floated to…
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American Forests: How one California community is reforesting after fire
Read More: American Forests: How one California community is reforesting after fireCALIFORNIA FORESTER Meghan Breniman stood in front of a group of landowners on a hillside in the Sierra Nevada Mountains devastated by forest fire. Clutching a tree-planting tool in one hand and her toddler’s hand in the other, she coached the group on the proper technique for planting seedlings, demonstrating how to aggressively tamp down the soil around the roots to remove air.
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Sierra Magazine: The Creek Fire One Year Later
Read More: Sierra Magazine: The Creek Fire One Year LaterSteve Haze stood on a pullout on Auberry Road, near the small town of Pine Ridge, in the foothills east of Fresno. He pointed to a yawning panorama of charred trees—the remnants of last year’s devastating Creek Fire. Beyond the burned forests stood the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada, which could just be made out through a veil of smoke. Haze, the district manager for the Sierra Resource Conservation District, held a white binder. It was filled with color-coded maps covered in red and green circles. The red circles represented structures that had been destroyed in the blaze; the…