Willamette National Forest: now that the big trees are down

 Case Study Summary

37% bigger than Delaware

10% of annual cut from all US national forests    has come from Willamette

Sustained Yield

Clear Cutting and post 1940s

YouTube URL

1962-1989 Average Timber Cut: 708mmbf

Exploited and destruction to the environment

Northern Spotted Owl goes on endangered species list

1994 Timber Cut: 123mmbf, 14% of what was cut in 1988

“The forests of the world are in need of preservation, provident use, and restoration.  Instead, with the worldwide triumph of the market economy, they are being liquidated for short-term economic profit.”  J. Donald Hughes, page 206  

Ethical Analysis

Picture on page 202 and 203

Taker Thunderbolt

"We takers are captives of a civilizational system that compels us to destroy the world"

Class Discussion

1. Trees are a renewable resource that we use for  countless amounts of things in society.  However, harvesting trees in excess like at Willamette is destroying the environment.  Do you think we could live in a place where timber isn't the first material we choose to use?  

2. There are only so many places like Willamette that still exist in America.  Is is ethical to have a national park be a main source of where we harvest our timber?

3. How can we get more people to care about this issue?

4.  Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Works Cited

"Aerial Photography of Forest Clear Cutting." Aerial Photography of Forest Clear Cutting. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2013. <http://www.aerialarchives.com/Aerial-Photographs-Clear-Cutting.htm>.

Clear Cutting in Oregon. Dir. Oregon Forests. YouTube. N.p., 8 Mar. 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcrJu9bJwM>.

Hughes, J. Donald. "Willamette National Forest: Now That the Big Trees Are down." An Environmental History of the World: Humankind's Changing Role in the Community of Life. London: Routledge, 2001. 200-06. Print.

Loznak, Robin. "Northern Spotted Owl." Robin Loznak Photography. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2013. <http://robinloznakphotography.blogspot.com/2010/07/northern-spotted-owl.html>.

Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael. New York: Bantam/Turner Book, 1995. Print.