Husband and Wife Team Getting the Jobs Done Together on Michigan Upper Peninsula
GARDEN, Michigan – At some juncture in a marriage, a wife might suggest to her husband that he works many long hours — or vice versa. The admonition from Shannon Leckson’s wife, Hannah, took the couple down an interesting path. Shannon, the vice president of Michael...
Michigan Loggers Add Tigercat Track Harvester with New Head
LAND O’LAKES, Wisconsin — Mark and Jason Nordine recently took ownership of a new Tigercat track harvester for their logging business. Thanks in part to their efforts, other loggers in the Great Lakes will be able to get a new control fall (fixed) head harvesting...
New York Logger Completes Transition to Cut-To-Length
BINGHAMTON, New York — Bill Hopkins is 43, so he probably has a couple of decades left in the logging business. However, he already knows what company he will rely on for equipment going into the future: Scandinavian Forestry Equipment. Bill replaced a cut-to-length...
Project Shows Low Value Tamarack Is a Marketable Product
By June Breneman for the Natural Resources Research Institute From wildfires to drought, U.S. forests face multiple threats. In Minnesota, where the forest products industry ranks as one of the top five manufacturing sectors, climate change and the Eastern larch...