Gene Decker measures a ponderosa pine he is about to cut down at a tree cutting gathering, April 9 in Libby. Local artist Ron Adamson will carve the 12-foot stump into a forester overlooking the former mill site, in honor of Mel Parker, Mark Schoknecht and other foresters. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
April 19, 2019
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Paying tribute to Lincoln County's past
When a group of ponderosa pines on her property died a few months after the EPA did a cleanup around the trees’ roots, Lerah Parker decided that she wanted to at least have the huge trunks of the trees live on as a different kind of tribute to Lincoln County’s history.