When Storms Strike, Alabama Specialty Contractor Helps to Restore Communities
THEODORE, Alabama — When storms strike, that’s when Hauling Away LLC goes to work. A contracting business that specializes in removing debris from storms and other disasters, it recently added a Ponsse Cobra harvester to increase versatility in cleaning up damaged trees. Hauling Away is owned and operated by Nick and Sara Pratt. Sarah is […]
Pennsylvania Logger Focused on Doing Quality Work and Growing His Business
PORT ROYAL, Pennsylvania – One good thing can lead to another. It certainly did for Kyle Deamer, owner of Mountainside Logging.
Kyle started his logging...
Michigan Company Plans Continued Growth Throughout the Great Lakes
MARQUETTE, Michigan – Multi-species forestry is an important part of the economic health of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. More than 20 million acres of forest...
Florida Logger Continues Growing Family Business and Forestry Unit
MADISON, Florida — Jerry Gray has grown the logging company he acquired when his father retired nearly 20 years ago, and he continues to...
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Unsafe Procedures Followed for Loading Skidder
Background
On a Friday evening in the Appalachians, a logging business owner and a crew member were loading a cable...
Lawsuit Opposes Logging on Tongass
A lawsuit filed last year in federal court in Alaska seeks to block the former Trump administration from rolling back curbs on logging in...
Impact of California Fires Will Be Long-Lasting
Increasingly large and devastating wildfires have altered California’s iconic forests — altered them for perhaps centuries to come, according to some experts.
Exacerbated by decades...
Fire Relief Fund Aids Oregon Loggers
The Oregon Logging Conference has launched a ‘fire relief fund’ for loggers who suffered losses caused by catastrophic forest fires in 2020. The organization...
Home Builders Applaud Canadian Lumber Tariff Cuts
A Commerce Dept. decision to reduce duties on Canadian softwood lumber shipments into the U.S. represents “a positive step” toward boosting housing starts and...
Trade Shows, Meetings Set for 2021
Some forest products industry trade shows and meetings are being scheduled and re-scheduled for 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the U.S.
The...