November 6, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Measure of success

By Andy Molloy amolloy@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer

Forester James Peterson, of Rumford, measures pine logs for lumber Monday at a lot he harvested in Litchfield. The retired chemical engineer uses a cable skidder to twitch the pine to a yard where he determines which logs should be pulped and those that will be preserved for sawing.

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Forester James Peterson, of Rumford, measures pine logs for lumber Monday at a lot he harvested in Litchfield. The retired chemical engineer uses a cable skidder to twitch the pine to a yard where he determines which logs should be pulped and those that will be preserved for sawing.

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