Wangari Maathai

I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.

Kenyan Activist

Jeff Merkley

I grew up in Southern Oregon. My father was a sawmill worker and a logger, and his job put food on the table.

American Politician

Susan George

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

American Activist

Sawmills are often associated with heavy industry and manual labor.

Industrial Setting

Sawmills can be a critical part of local economies, often providing jobs and resources.

Economic Role

Sawmills might be mentioned in discussions about forestry management and sustainability.

Environmental Impact

 Wow, this place is huge. It's crazy, isn't it. Incredible! Imagine what it would have looked like with the roof on as well. So this is the old sawmill. Yeah, Where they would have cut all of the slate. Processed all the slate and then they would chip that out all over the world, literally all over the world, places like New

Spotting the World's...

 now the female joins in to help cut up the tree into logs like a mobile sawmill