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Article: Buzz Cut.(logging in central British Columbia)
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- September 1, 2001
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While British Columbia's coastal forests gain protection, virgin old-growth in its vast interior is mowed down for the U.S. market.
The powerful westerly that blew down from the, icy summits of British Columbia's Coast Mountains in the middle of the night threatened to send our tent and everything in it into Shack Lake. "At least it's dry," I said to my wife. That's when the rain started. By morning we were covered by half a foot of snow, and resigned ourselves to tentbound hibernation.
If you're going to get snowed in on an autumn camping trip, you could find worse company than Canadians. As we sat shivering in our tent, our British Columbian ...