A few years ago in one of my college classes we saw a movie about a town in Oregon. This town was near some of the last remaining low elevation old forest left. Some timber company wanted to log it. The movie was about the conflict and eventually the land was protected.
Does anyone know the name of the town or movie?
Thanks!
2006-10-03 17:03:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
this forest was special beacuse it was the LAST remaining low elevation forest of its kind.
The flim has several scenes shot from the air showing clear cuts. Also several scenes were timber people argue with townfolk. One timber guy quoted to the effect of "we can cut all the trees we want, they'll grow back"
2006-10-03 17:23:00 · update #1
The only movie that comes quickly to mind is "Sometimes a Great Notion", based on a book by Ken Kesey (he also wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest").
I will do a bit of research and see if I can come up with any others that it might be.
2006-10-04 17:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something must have been different about the movie as it couldn't have been standard Oregon Fir/Hemlock forests. If so, I could take you to at least 5 different low elevation (under 500 feet) old growth (350-500 year old forests) in Coos County alone. Some are on private land, some on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management, and some that is now owned by the Coquille Indian tribe. And since I am sure the movie wasn't made in Coos County it may have been done in either Curry or Jackson. Both have more redwood forests and a slightly different mix of folage than Coos does.
Do you remember the type of trees they were claiming to be the "last low elevation old forest"? That would help narrow it down a bit. Old growth in the type of forests I'm most familiar with is defined as anything over 200 years old. The life cycle of the trees is that they grow taller/broader until about 250 years old, then begin to die and eventually fall on their own at between 400-500 years old if not struck by lightning or burned by wildfires first. Most of the pockets of these really old trees in these low elevations still exist because they are in locations that are very hard to log and they escaped the fires set by the native Americans who burned forests to create habitate for deer and the other game they hunted.
2006-10-04 06:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by An Oregon Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, even regardless of the undeniable fact that it is Oregon. Oregon is first in generating Christmas wood interior the entire US. Oregon produces 11 situations greater wood for Christmas than Washington, and that isn't even all the wood!!! Washington is 5th in generating Christmas wood. additionally, i became into watching a coach approximately wood and that they stated that there is this one tree farm in Oregon that has thrice as many wood than that is inhabitants. yet you may argue that Washington is nicknamed the Evergreen State.
2016-12-26 08:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I live in Oregon. And there is forest everywhere, where loging companies want to take over. Need more information.
2006-10-03 17:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋