ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses some of the consequences which have unfolded as a result of owl/old-growth struggle. It attempts to move beyond the billboard/sound bite portrayal that worker/community dimension of the issue has so often received. Local business people tend to comprise the political leadership of communities and are usually at the core of any locally-based economic diversification efforts. It should be noted, however, that the interests of local business people are seen as somewhat different than those of timber workers. Shake and shingle workers who find themselves unemployed are in somewhat different circumstances than other timber workers. As one might expect, the interviews revealed that women play a complex variety of roles in the communities in which the studies were conducted. Most of the women interviewed had jobs outside the home and primary responsibility for housekeeping, household financial management, and child care.