1955 Official beginning of the Northwest Hardwood Association September 25, 1955, Olympia, WA. Hon. Earl Coe, Secretary of State, presenting approved Articles of Incorporation to President E. J. Nist of Seattle. Left to right: Hon. Earl Coe, Vice-President Hamlet Steele of Bellevue; Treasurer H.P. Caldwell of Seattle; Trustees A. P. York of Tacoma and Paul Avery of Olympia; President E. J. Nist; Honorary Member Dr. Donald H. Clark, Institute of Forest Products; Harry O. Mitchell, Secretary-Manager.
(Grant Sharp 1985) Alder piled by feller buncher
Old growth red alder
All these images were taken by L.B.Istavan in 1985 A pile of alder left by a feller-buncher