When Logan’s father, Robert Blackburn, caught wind of Titan’s plan to clearcut the plot above their land, he’d sued and lost. He knew mudslides were inevitable, and his property and all the trees he’d worked to save would be destroyed. But the judge didn’t know anything about forestry and the lawyers said they couldn’t prove mudslides were caused by clearcuts, with experts testifying that mudslides were a naturally occurring phenomenon. It wouldn’t have been an immediate threat because the roots of the trees would hold the soil together for at least another decade. However, the Jamison clearcut was right below a clearcut from fifteen years ago, where the roots had lost their grip on the soil. The best Robert had been able to do is get permission to dig a ravine that took advantage of the n
