Attention loggers: You can be a star
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:07 AM PDT
By Amy M. E. Fischer
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E-mail this articleThe producers of TV reality shows on Alaskan fishing vessels and northern Canada's long-haul truckers are now tackling the logging industry -- and they're looking for local timber workers to be the stars
Original Productions, which produced the Emmy-nominated Discovery Channel series "Deadliest Catch" and The History Channel's "Ice Road Truckers," is holding casting calls this week for the new series, "Timber Country."
The eight- to 10-part History Channel series on the rugged men and women who make their livings in the woods begins production this fall, according to an Original Productions press release.
Tower logging crews, logging truck drivers, logging barge operators and mill workers are invited to interview with producers at the following times and places:
• 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday -- The Lone Fir Bar & Grill in Kelso.
• 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday -- The Lyons Den Pub & Eatery in Vernonia, Ore.
• 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday -- The Logger Restaurant in Knappa, Ore.
During production, cameras will follow the adventure of the logging process from cutting to yarding to hauling and milling.
"To tell the story right, we're looking for both seasoned veterans who've seen it all and have the scars to prove it and the cocky, young choker setters and whistle punks who think they know it all. When viewers experience a greenhorn's first day, they'll see just how hard it can be trying to make a living in the woods," said the press release, issued Monday.
The show will focus on Oregon and Washington to see how far the industry has come from the old lumberjack days. The audience will learn that sustainable forestry supplies the country's timber needs while taking care to preserve forest.
With "Timber Country," the press release said, Original Productions is continuing its exploration of "the world of high stakes, hard work and adventure -- and the rugged Americans who make their livings working on the edge."
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