When the founders of Triton Logging heard there were millions of trees still standing in hydro dam reservoirs around the world - trees that could be harvested, thereby reducing the impact of land-based logging - the idea of an underwater logging company was born. "Having been involved in the salvage of sunken logs, we could see the potential to do water-based logging on a large scale," says Jim Hayhurst, vice president of business development and global services at Triton, which is based in Saanichton, BC. The company was founded in 2000 with the aim of creating technology that could overcome the three biggest barriers to making underwater logging work: Making it safe for the environment and people; getting at trees sitting at depths where divers can't work; and ensuring it's economically feasible.
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