Chronicle - Logging

DateMarch 12 1990

Can DescriptionsChronicle Monday March 12, 1990 Looging Aircheck

AbstractChronicle; Logging: Danger in the Woods; audio during black screen breaks; logging Maine has the highest rate of injury in the nation; a widow is interviewed about the death of her husband in an accident; Peter Mehegan reports from the woods during a light snowfall; other accident victims talk about their experience; the advantages of logging are described; pay is by the piece, not by the hour; vintage black and white film portraying the logging industry early in the 20th century; paper companies own most of the forested part of the state; Jackman is visited; large equipment for cutting and moving logs is demonstrated; Ted Johnston, Maine Forest Products Council, is interviewed; environmentalists question mechanized, clear cut logging; Bill Butler describes some of the problems; lottery number; upcoming show on Japanese education;

OtherIn the studio Peter Mehegan, Mary Richardson, Kate Raisz, Gregg Kidd, Bob Oliver, Bob Hakkila, Alan Pratt, Joe Mozdiez, Curt Reichenbach, Mike St. Peter, Susan Sloane, Mark Mills, Paul La Camera;