Here’s a link to a folder with all the pictures. Captions below:

I think I’d like to prioritize the diptychs, with a caption format of “Left:_________. Right:__________.”

I like the pairings, and the effect that they have. What do you think?

1. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren pauses on a walk through one of the units of the Super Truckin Sorts timber sale three miles east of Cathlamet. “I see dollar signs for Wahkiakum County,” he jokes.

2. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren shows a scar left by a falling tree from his days as a timber faller.

3. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren drives his pickup, accompanied by Daisy.

4. Conifer boles seen in a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius along Highway 6.

5. Conifer boles seen in a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

6. A timber sale sign seen stapled to an alder tree on the boundaries of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

7. A timber sale sign seen in the understory of one of the units of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

8. A mix of understory species, conifers and hardwoods seen in a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

9. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren poses for a portrait while touring a unit of the Super Truckin Sorts timber sale, three miles east of Cathlamet.

10. Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove poses for a portrait in his office at the headquarters of the Washington Department of Natural Resources in Olympia.

11. A broken snag seen in a unit of the Super Truckin Sorts timber sale, three miles east of Cathlamet.

12. A decal of the DNR emblem adorns a window of Upthegrove’s office.

13. A doodle drawn by Upthegrove depicts two halves of the state’s western Washington forest lands — a conserved half and a harvestable half.

14. A leave tree sign seen stapled to the bole of a Douglas fir tree in a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

15. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren pauses to take in his surroundings on a tour of the Super Truckin Sorts timber sale, three miles east of Cathlamet.

16. Moss and fungi cover a downed log in a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

17. A Doug fir tagged with a timber sale sign marks the boundary of a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.

18-20. Moss and woody debris fill the understory of a unit of the Auger In timber sale, two miles north of Pluvius.