Timber sales threaten matsutake harvest

Those affected send letter of protest to Forest Service

By Todd Dayton / The Bulletin
August 24, 2002

Each fall, thousands of stooped woodsmen descend on Central Oregon pine forests to hunt for the elusive, lucrative matsutake mushroom.

But this year, and in years to come, matsutake harvesters fear their job may become much more difficult.

Timber sales in the Crescent Lake area threaten to....

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