Environmental, Logging and Mining Films

Timber Tigers

1971, 23 min., color, DVD

Timber Tigers resulted from a national tour of forest areas. It shows seldom seen giant forest-cutting machinery that harvests trees across the country. The film exposes the forestry industry approach to logging: "After us, the deluge and the desert."

Topics: redwoods, old growth forests, clear cutting, environmental degradation, logging towns, 1950s, 1960s.

Other environmental, logging and mining films:

"Clear Cutting a Forest" from Timber Tigers

Photographs

During Richards' many trips into Northern California, Oregon and other Western states, he photographed not only the mining and logging operations that he found, but also the natural beauty of the land and sea, the rivers, deserts, mountains and lakes. In the 1970s and 80s, as he travelled around the US, Europe and Africa he carried his still cameras with him, photographing as he went. His still photography is presented in photo galleries on the Photography page.

Open pit mine
Click for slideshow of Open Pit Mining
Click for slideshow of
Deforestation in California and Oregon

All photos © Paul Richards

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