Digdeep,

Fishbear is correct in his decription of actions and results in the CW drainage. I intended to comment on your post yesterday but neglected to do so.

Productivity of the CW basin, like most others, is severely compromised by logging, probably about an 80% reduction, but that is a very rough guesstimate. Fish production was on a serious downward spiral by the early 1970s. A friend of mine ran for DNR Commissioner in 1972 against Bert Cole (the logger's friend) based almost entirely on the rape DNR was committing on the CW state lands. It did not take 30 or 40 years for the effects of logging on fisheries to become apparent to observers who were taking a closer look than your uncles, no offense intended toward them, as they no doubt enjoyed good fishing for a long time even as runs were spiraling downward.

Most serious mass wasting events begin 6 or more years after a site is logged because it takes time for the stump root systems to degrade to the point where they are no longer capable of holding soil together.

Sg