The mountain is being raped by chipmills
Been on Harrison Ferry lately? Better hurry, it’s about gone. It’s headed to chipmills one load at a time.
Want to see the beauty of the mountain one last time? Come to Mt. Sinai Church. It sits at the end of Wildwood Road, two miles to the right after topping the mountain. Come soon though. You see, it’s leaving, too.
No, not the Church. Just the mountain around it. Be sure to come back around the middle of March to witness a raped landscape. Take before-and-after pictures. Get good and mad. See greed up close and personal!
College-boy forestry experts will argue that a raped land is better than one unraped. Be prepared for some college-boy answers. Just don’t ask about things like erosion, timber replenishment, displacement of wildlife, etc. Greed has become America’s poison.
Paul D. Keener
1184 Wildwood Rd.
McMinnville