Monte Dourado, Brazil on the Jari river

A company plane. No jets in 1987	River tug on the Jari river.	The town of Telemaco Borba	Draining the Turpentine before cutting.
Detail view of collection	Jari mill	Sunrise on the Jari.	Izidoro and our Jari guide Antonio
Company bug.	Hardwood to be used for hog fuel in the mill.	Native trees to be cut	Native trees
There are 508 different kinds of trees in Jari	Local cutter hacking away the vines before using the saw.	This is (or was)a Brazil Nut tree.	The finish cut
Cutting off the branches.	Cutting Termite dirt before bucking.	Timber down	This was a huge tree
This tree is over 200 feet tall	Note how the termites have eaten out the center of this tree.	"TIMBER"	A tree full of huge bats
They left this tree standing for the bats.	A giant skidder in the yard	Moveing the logs to a log deck.	Trimming away some branches
Large hardwood log	These logs seem very solid on the ends.	Fixing a flat on a skidder.	Great looking logs
Ready to cut.	Cutting the wedge step 1	Cutting the wedge step 2	"BOOM" Down it goes.
Limb trimming (dangerous work, lots of snakes)	Tree Fallers camp.jpg