[Wolfie]

So who bought the mill?

[2banana]

So who bought the mill?

Someone who is going to "flip" it to make a quick $100,000...

[llevrok]

I grew up in a coastal Washington logging and lumbering town. The early '80's brought the spotted owl and the end of 7,000 high paying jobs in my community alone.That directly impacted 21,000 others (families, businesses...).

Recently, enviro scientists announced that the owl lives in greater abundance than they estimated 20 years previous. Much greater, in fact. Those of us who make our living from forest products told them that back then.

None-the-less, no apologies for their little mistake. In fact, there is no action being taken to de-list the spotted owl from the Endangered Specicies Act listing. Why?

Environmentalists now say that the closure of the so called old growth forests has been a good move, owl or no owl.

[PsyOp]

So who bought the mill?

Probably some environmentalist who will now produce "organic" lumber, sold at a premium, to finance more environmental whacko-ism.

[American in Israel]

So who bought the mill?

Let me guess, SPI. One thing about environmentalists, they are hell on forests, but great for big business.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

So who bought the mill?

The word, "auction" in the story would imply that the mill was dismantled.

[Dan Evans]

So who bought the mill?

I'm taking a wild guess that Canadians bought a lot of the equipment. Isn't that where we get most of our lumber these days?