Biochar: The Little Forest Product with Big Potential
In a groundbreaking, influential 2008 whitepaper, a team of scientists labelled 2007, “the year of climate change dawning.” The decade since could be called “the decade climate change came to dominate forest management.” Today, nearly every action undertaken by nearly...
This Year’s Capitol Christmas Tree Makes 2,000-Mile Trek from New Mexico to D.C.
This year’s Capitol Christmas Tree is a 60-foot blue spruce from Carson National Forest in New Mexico. The tree was cut amid lots of festivities in October. The tree then made stops in 25 communities as it made its 2,000-mile trek from New Mexico to Washington, D.C....
Safety Alert
Background: On an early winter evening in the Lake States, a log truck had finished delivering pulpwood to a paper mill. The driver was 20 miles south of the delivery location when the accident occurred. The weather conditions were light snow and road segments were...
New Harvester Attachment Proves Itself to Logging Contractor in Southern Illinois
VIENNA, Illinois — When it came to replacing his cut-to-length harvester, Wayne Bozarth listened to the voice of experience: an employee who had solid experience operating a Log Max harvester attachment and had high praise for the equipment. Wayne’s company has been...