My father cut logs many years ago with a crosscut saw. He had to snowshoe to the woods and was knee-deep in snow or higher, but he believed there was a future and a living in the woods. Now, my sons go to the woods to work. They invested large amounts of money in the necessary equipment. The problem is they’re willing to work, but with prices being cut they wonder and worry if they will have enough to make their payments.

If they decide they can’t make ends meet then they’ll try to sell their equipment, but then the problem is how much money will they be able to get from their used equipment. Will it pay off the bank note? Can’t our representatives in Augusta see the damage here? Rules and regulations are made by people who have never worked in the woods. There’s a border between here and Canada — give Maine loggers a chance to work in the Maine woods. Use the border for what it is — a border. Sally Landry Patten