LOG RAFT ON IDAHO RIVER

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LOG RAFT ON IDAHO RIVER

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:29 pm

Islands” of wood — log rafts made up of harvested timber — travel by water toward an Idaho mill for processing. This older method of transport has largely died out. Today the timber industry relies on rail and roads to transport trees and tree products from forests to sawmills. Circa 2005 photo was taken in Idaho by Tom Brakefield of Hendersonville, The aerial photograph shows three log rafts floating down an unidentified river on the way to a sawmill. Brakefield was as a passenger in an ultra-light aircraft. He encountered steep canyons and strong winds when taking this picture

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U.S.A. 2012 Forever stamp sg?, scott?
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2012 Earthscapes-Log-rafts.jpg

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