Timber Sales Cultivate Jobs

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The West Coast's beleaguered timber industry is making a comeback, boosting the economies of rural towns that remain otherwise hard hit by the economic downturn.

Arnold, a town of close to 4,000 people, high in the Sierra Nevadas about 150 miles east of San Francisco, struggled for years from a logging slowdown. But last year, timber receipts in surrounding Calaveras County rose to $4.1 million, from $1.8 million in 2010, according to county data.