Bill Oram: The journey of a Timbers victory log, from sapling to celebration

Logger Ken Risseeuw sits on a felled Douglas fir in the forest outside of Grand Ronde that will go on to have a very specific form of arboreal acclaim. Sean Meagher/The Oregonian

From beneath an orange hardhat, the logger stares up at a conifer spire. The Douglas fir reaches more than 100 feet into the sky. It is as wide and hardy as he is and has been on this land nearly as long.

“That one there might be a little too big,” Ken Risseeuw says, finally.

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