Tigercat Develops Niche Skidder
Tigercat has brought a niche skidder to the market, the 612 dual winch skidder. It is specially designed to operate in selective harvesting applications,...
Study: Maine Forests Can Boost Carbon Storage At Current Harvest Levels
Maine forests already absorb about 70 percent of the state’s annual fossil fuel emissions.
Now, a new study shows that Maine’s commercial forest landowners could...
Legislation Would Preserve the Use of Fire Retardant
Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R–CA) and Jimmy Panetta (D–CA) introduced legislation to allow the continued use of fire retardant to battle forest fires.
The Forest Protection...
Scandinavian Forestry Equipment Markets Machine for Planting Trees
Scandinavian Forestry Equipment has begun marketing and offering a machine, the Plantma X, that automates the process of planting tree seedlings for reforestation. The...
Ponsse Expands to South, Opens Location in Florida
Ponsse North America Inc. has expanded its operations to Midway, Florida, which is near Tallahassee. The company said the move was in response to...
Report Cites Emissions From Canadian Logging
A new analysis of government data shows that industrial logging is one of Canada’s highest-emitting sectors, and that by ignoring logging’s emissions, Canada is...
Eagle Forest Products Acquires Oregon Facility
Eagle Forest Products announces that it is purchasing the lumber manufacturing plant of Family Pallet Lumber company in Tangent, Oregon. This purchase will close...
Housing Market Slump Puts Sawmills in Jeopardy
A downturn in North America’s housing market is slashing demand for lumber and threatening to shut down sawmills in British Columbia, one of the...
Oregon Forest Rules Impact 10 Million Acres
The Oregon Board of Forestry has approved more than 100 changes to the Forest Practices Act. The changes will impact timber harvest activities on...
Forest Service ‘Burn Boss’ Charged in Fire
When U.S. Forest Service personnel carried out a planned burn in a national forest in a remote corner of eastern Oregon in October, it...