In October, 1999, local sculptor John Welsh carved a 60-foot tall totem pole from a single 350-year old Sugar Pine depicting a gathering of an animal council consisting of a stellar jay, a thunderbird, a raven, a beaver, and a grizzly bear holding a salmon. The thunderbird has a wingspan of 18-feet and the other animals range from 10 to 12 feet tall. It sits on 7-foot concrete and steel base. It weighs approximately 24,000 pounds. The original pole proved to be quite popular with woodpeckers and ...