Waving goodbye to a bit of Americana — the lumberjack

In the snowy woods of northern New England and other forested parts of the country, the lumberjack is an endangered species.

As markets for forest products change and high-tech machinery replaces chain saws, which themselves replaced the ax, a generations-old way of life is disappearing, one that historically saw fathers pass on to their sons their love and knowledge of the woods and the independence that came from working for oneself.

By WILSON RING The Associated Press

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