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Forest and Park Service logging in Salla 1999

FPS harvester parked by the UKK-trail. Picture: Hannu Paju 1999

National heritage been cut down along the UKK-hiking trail.

Logging in primeval forests and high altitude areas.

 

 

Logging in Aihkipetsi and near Savukoski border

"Counting the annual rings of a log, gave the age of the tree some 500-600 years."
"Primeval forest which has hardly ever burned down, but matured peacefully."

"Further north, between Salla and Savukoski, old-growth spuce forests are taken away. I got to the place at 4 am, and there was an FPS truck coming to get the timber."

"The truck rally continues night and day. Judging by the logs, the loggings take place in old-growth forests."

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