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Underwater Logging Plan Floated in Washington State |
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| USA: February 7, 2005 | ||
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SEATTLE - Old-growth logs long submerged deep in a lake near Seattle could be harvested and sold to raise money for a local history and culture museum, a state legislator said Thursday.
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A sunken forest made up of trees that fell into Lake Washington in landslides, as well as logs that fell from barges when logging was in its heyday, could yield valuable lumber worth much more than current wood, according to Washington State Senator Ken Jacobsen. The lack of oxygen in deep water prevents submerged timber from rotting, and in some cases minerals replace the sap in trees, making them harder and ideal material for fine furniture, representatives from Jacobsen's office said. Jacobsen's proposal, which is making its way through the state legislature, would be used to fund the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington. A similar plan by Michigan state to harvest submerged trees in the Great Lakes was adopted in 2000, although no logs have been recovered yet.
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