Word: timber
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could be expected, the West faces another major problem: forest fire. In Washington last year, there were 16 blazes from January to May that destroyed more than 15 acres of timber. In the same period this year, 172 forest fires have burned 891 acres. The worst of the fire season lies ahead for California, Oregon, Colorado...
...boat steams across the clapboard siding, while an orange and crimson sun descends in a peacock blue sky. At Oak Creek, a 16-ft. cultivator depicted on the John and Arthur Mahr barn stands amid a luminous crazy quilt of rolling hillsides. Past poster-bright stands of timber and grazing deer, a lumber train with trim red wheels chugs across the Lewis Furchtenicht barn in Spooner. The facade of Patrick Hennessey's barn in Dodgeville displays primary-hued portraits of archetypal Wisconsinites: a blue-faced farmer, a crimson-haired girl, a gray-and-white-faced iron miner, a green...
...short, it looks like a good weekend for lefties of various shapes and sizes. Those of you who can't get enough of them Georgia peaches (they say they're mighty sweet, but hell, I never even knew they grew anything but Coca-Cola bushes and presidential timber until I heard the song) can catch James Talley, Bob McCarthy and Beverly Rush this weekend at Passim. Shows tonight through Saturday at 8:30 and 10:30 pm. Admission is $3.50. Next week: Jaime Brockett plays folk guitar and Lew London, the "eastern king of western swing," holds court; same days...
...note. Said he: "Withdrawals of public lands have reached such proportions that our national security already may be jeopardized." Oil companies, already drilling on Alaska's North Slope, want a chance at least to prospect the potential parklands, and loggers are casting avid eyes on Alaska's timber resources...
...Connecticut still did not believe this team was for real, the Huskies were convinced after the 100-meter high hurdles. When the victorious Connecticut runner broke the tape she was trailed by a host of Radcliffe timber-toppers in the next three places. This display of team depth resulted in more points for the Crimson than Connecticut...