These members of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard fill up a plane's gas tanks — they just do it at 20,000 feet in the air.

If you're somebody who lives here, almost everybody is touched in some way by the timber industry,” said Julia McCray.

Julia McCray, executive director of Allegheny Forest Alliance, poses for a portrait in the Allegheny National Forest near Marienville. Photo by Alexandra Wimley.

A driver secures a load of logs at the Kane Hardwood mill, which processes logs into lumber, in Kane. Photo by Alexandra Wimley.

A view of Forest Road 454 winding through the Allegheny National Forest in Bradford near Rimrock Overlook, a popular destination for tourists, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Wimley.

Dan Albaugh, a third-generation logger, puts a chain around a felled tree to prepare to move it with a machine called a skidder, while working on a logging site in the Allegheny National Forest near ...

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Bison on a snowy day in Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. Photo courtesy of Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette. Photo courtesy of Visit Lafayette-West ...

Niko, Khewa and Aspen in the snow at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. Photo courtesy of Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette.

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