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<p>Jared Fitchett is 31 and lives with his family in Libby. He has worked from an early age in his family’s logging business. In 1998 the business came under a lot of financial pressure. So at 15 years old, Jared left school and began logging full time on his dad’s crew in a bid to help them save their house from repossession. Jared eventually took over the company and he currently employs his dad and brother. But running a small logging operation in Montana is tough and Jared’s company is now only scraping by. He has loans on his equipment and needs a steady paycheck to keep everything from going under.</p><p>Despite being terrified of going to Siberia, he sees the opportunity as a way of saving what he has in Montana.</p><p>But Jared has never been away from home and his wife, Sharlyn, and baby daughter Mercy. It’s a huge risk going to Siberia as he may lose his business, but Jared is willing to take that gamble to keep the business in the family and a roof over their heads.</p><p></p>

<p>Jared Fitchett is 31 and lives with his family in Libby. He has worked from an early age in his family’s logging business. In 1998 the business came under a lot of financial pressure. So at 15 years old, Jared left school and began logging full time on his dad’s crew in a bid to help them save their house from repossession. Jared eventually took over the company and he currently employs his dad and brother. But running a small logging operation in Montana …

May 31, 2014

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Kalispell logger takes a crew into the wilds of Russia on new Discovery Channel series
May 31, 2014 9 p.m.

Kalispell logger takes a crew into the wilds of Russia on new Discovery Channel series

Sean Vann said he believes he was born 100 years too late, but working for 17 years in the Russian logging industry has given him the opportunity to feel as if he’s living in the past.