Sellwood Bridge Construction (Slideshow 4)

Things are still somewhat slow at the Sellwood Bridge construction site, primarily because permit applications for the project are being reviewed.  But I got over there a couple of times in the past month and put together a somewhat shorter slideshow, viewable at this youtube link.
What amazed me this month, more than the construction project itself, was how green the surrounding area has become since the last time I was out there.  The mix of bright green leafy trees among the darker green evergreens in the hills on the west side was beautiful.
Another thing that I found fascinating this past month was that descendants of the former tribal inhabitants of the Willamette Valley were invited to harvest trees in the project area as part of the overall tree removal necessary for building the new bridge.  More coverage of that story is available here: Indian Country Today Media Network.