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Photographer: Lora Mueller
Caption: Close-Up of Photo Displayed on Marker
Additional Description: Damaged Equipment at Twelve Road Camp - In addition to Weyerhaeuser's forest damage, 3 logging camps, 22 crew buses, 30 log trucks, 39 railroad cars, 12 million board feet of logs, 650 miles of roads, 19 bridges and 16 miles of railroad were buried in ash or washed away by mud flows that swept down the Toutle River.

Not all the land damaged by the eruption was sacrificed to the mountain. Weyerhaeuser began a massive salvage and reforestation effort soon after the eruption. The quick rejuvenation of the forest helped to hasten the recovery of wildlife habitat and streams. Eventually people will benefit when these trees are harvested and manufactured into wood products. The healthy forest you see in this valley and along the highway is a result of those efforts.
Submitted: December 19, 2011, by Lora Wilson of Paw Paw, West Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p186885
File Size: 0.551 Megabytes

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