Steven C. Beda is an assistant professor of history at the University of Oregon.
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LaborRural America
The Working-Class Loggers Who Saved an Old-Growth Forest
Often cast as villains in the Northwest’s environmental battles, timber workers have a connection to the forest that goes far beyond jobs.
Steven C. Beda