Damnation Spring

For generations, the Pacific Northwest has seen our forests and our labor exploited by wealthy outside interests who extract our wealth and then move on, leaving behind environmental destruction, unemployment, and struggling communities. Today on the Old Mole, writer and photographer Matt Witt reviews an engaging new novel called Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson that focuses on a logging family facing changes that threaten both their livelihood and their health. Matt Witt brings an unusual perspective having worked both for forest workers’ unions and for environmental groups.