Beach Combing Girl Friends

« Back to Tongass National Forest-The Truth About Tongass, July, 2007 National Geographic Magazine

Beach combing on Moser Island at the forest service cabin camp site used on a ground truthing expedition by Bob Christensen,Richard Carstensen, Keynon Fields and Eric Ringler, to see investigating past and proposed timber projects in the Tongass National Forest.  Looking at the past and trying to determine the effect of proposed cuts..The group downloads information that was collected from field notes, pictures and information from wireless GPS units they wear in their hats as they hike through the forest and estuaries.   They are mapping the forest, uncut, proposed cut and old logging sites to see what is there...They were joined plane flew in with Ken Leghorn, daughter Yana, Maya and Ken Rait, and Michael Webster.
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Beach combing on Moser Island at the forest service cabin camp site used on a ground truthing expedition by Bob Christensen,Richard Carstensen, Keynon Fields and Eric Ringler, to see investigating past and proposed timber projects in the Tongass National Forest. Looking at the past and trying to determine the effect of proposed cuts..The group downloads information that was collected from field notes, pictures and information from wireless GPS units they wear in their hats as they hike...
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