Six years ago, Hurri- cane Ivan dealt tim-berland owners in Alabama a hefty blow with timber damages exceeding 610 dollar billion according to Alabama Forestry Commission reports. That was also the year Jimmy Pritchett, owner of Pritchett Logging LLC, became a contractor for the Westervelt Company—a relationship that has allowed the 39-year-old logger to go against the grain, expanding rather than downsizing in spite of recessionary times. Pritchett had previously worked on Westervelt timberland asa subcontractor through a local wood dealer.
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