Alex Paul
Loren Emmert remembers when Oregon loggers were battling for their livelihood as the federal government inched closer to listing the Northern Spotted Owl as an endangered species, effectively locking away millions of acres of federal lands from potential timber harvest.
That was the late 1980s and Sweet Home loggers and truckers joined with thousands of others across the state in protest. Emmert is now retired from log truck driving and from Sweet Home…