Logging Jam

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By Mike Arnold on Monday, May 17, 2004.
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Falling wages, rising fuel costs, foreign competition and overbearing worker?s compensation insurance has put many Granite state loggers in a jam and the future of the logging industry in New Hampshire in jeopardy. We'll look into the history, challenges and hopes for loggers and logging in our state. Mike's guests are Don Quigley, Professor of Forestry at the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School, and Jasen Stock, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.

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