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Showdown at Opal Creek: The Battle for America's Last Wilderness
An account of the conflict over whether to preserve or cut down forests in Oregon's Cascade Mountains
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419 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1993
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April 19, 2025
So far, there are so many errors regarding the people involved and the places. As a resident of the area, I watched this unfold. If the author didn’t listen and take notes for the small things, I find it difficult to believe some of his “facts.”
I wish I would have read it sooner. I have my Dad’s copy. He was the officer involved with the first confrontation with the Forest Service and Atiyeh. Dad wouldn’t let me leave the house with the book until he made some edits to the author’s account of the incident- which quite frankly made me giggle. 30 years later and he’s still a little salty about the reporting. I know one thing for certain, my Dad would have never responded as reported by the author.
Dad chose to use his vacation time from the state police to work fire patrol for the US Forest Service. Our family joined him for three weeks in August in the ‘70’s as caretakers of the Pearl Creek Guard Station, one of the trailheads to Henline Mine. This was a remarkably beautiful place. My brothers, our friends and I had the run of the mountain and a private swimming hole above Three Pools Park.
It’s sad to report this area was destroyed by the 2020 Labor Day Beachie Creek Wildfire. -Destroyed forever. Could smart forest management have saved at least part of this pristine forest? We will never know.
All I can say is “never given an inch” didn’t do anybody any good here.
I wish I would have read it sooner. I have my Dad’s copy. He was the officer involved with the first confrontation with the Forest Service and Atiyeh. Dad wouldn’t let me leave the house with the book until he made some edits to the author’s account of the incident- which quite frankly made me giggle. 30 years later and he’s still a little salty about the reporting. I know one thing for certain, my Dad would have never responded as reported by the author.
Dad chose to use his vacation time from the state police to work fire patrol for the US Forest Service. Our family joined him for three weeks in August in the ‘70’s as caretakers of the Pearl Creek Guard Station, one of the trailheads to Henline Mine. This was a remarkably beautiful place. My brothers, our friends and I had the run of the mountain and a private swimming hole above Three Pools Park.
It’s sad to report this area was destroyed by the 2020 Labor Day Beachie Creek Wildfire. -Destroyed forever. Could smart forest management have saved at least part of this pristine forest? We will never know.
All I can say is “never given an inch” didn’t do anybody any good here.
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