After mount ST. HELENS Eruption 1980

[rob066]

I dont know much about the 1980 eruption of MT ST. HELENS in 1980. I was 6 at the time it happened. I was wandering how the forest are recovering after 31 years. I know that at one time this area was a prominnate area for logging. I was wandering how long it would take before this area became a profitable logging area again? provided no eruptions occur in the future. Thanks Rob, Maybe the acidic ash will prevent a havestable crop from growing again.

 

[blsnelling]

mt saint helens recovery - Google Search

 

[Teddy.Scout]

mt saint helens recovery - Google Search

Top notch!!!


Hope to here from any one first hand knowledge (cutter, resident, ect.)

 

[slowp]

I live nearby. The blast area was broken up into a couple of areas. One is now a national monument, and nature was left to take its course. That area consists of lupine, huckleberries, and all the pioneering shrubs.
The trees are closing in from the sides. The monument was not salvage logged so there are still a few snags standing.

The part that was not declared monument was logged, burned, and replanted. Those trees are almost big enough to commercially thin. But, since times and politics have changed, logging it seems doubtful at this time.

Let me see if I can find my pictures from a bike ride in there.

 

[slowp]

The last one is in an area that was replanted. It is at a higher elevation so won't be commercial sized for a few more decades. The other photos are all taken in the monument, about the same elevation so you can see the natural reforestation.
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachments/chainsaw/191571d1311307473-volcanic-odyssey50001-jpg

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[sawfun9]

I spent a fair amount of time camping and fishing on the south side of Mt. St. Helens as a kid in the 70's, and it seemed it took about ten years or so after it blew but nature really heals itself wonderfully. slowp is quite correct, The area really has grown in well.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Here is a picture I took when visiting St Helens in 08. It was a very interesting trip for sure.

 

[slowp]

There are sooo many huckleberries in that area. But, wouldn't you know it, picking them in the monument is against the law. I've often thought about a night time visit in September.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Nice thread. Mt st helen's is a name I haven't heard in a long time.

 

[Teddy.Scout]

I just got off the phone with a cutter who said that a a saw of choice for them was a P45 or a 455!
Running a velocity stack with a K&N filter was a must.

Hope to hear from other cutters and what saws were used for clean up and such cutting on the hill and surrounding areas that were effected.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

My buddy had a p45, nice, and powerfull. Thank's again Matt.

 

[Teddy.Scout]

My buddy had a p45, nice, and powerfull. Thank's again Matt.

Any time, just hollar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonder what chain was preferred for cutting that dirty crap after the eruption!!!

 

[dswensen]

I was 16 on that fine Sunday morn ...

Working for a grocery store in Corvallis Or. I remember taking a load of groceries out to a customer's car and looking north toward Portland Or. and Washington state. The mushroom cloud was growing rapidly and I was SURE that Portland had been nuked.

I was 150 miles away to the south, but it was still a sight I'll never forget.