Missouri Hardwood Producer Sees Gains at Its ‘Dream’ Sawmill Facility
NOVELTY, Missouri — Cardwell Lumber has been making hardwood lumber products for 60 years, now operating two plants in Missouri. When the Cardwell family decided to build their ‘dream’ sawmill a few years ago at their main plant, they turned to a supplier they had...
Sawmill Aids Community Forest Management In British Columbia
HARROP, British Columbia — In 1999, thousands of hours of dedicated volunteer work and more than 20 years of community input came to fruition with the incorporation of the Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative. The co-operative formed in order to manage public forest...
Safety Alert: Center Mount Boom Makes Contact With Power Line After Being Left Up
Background: On a winter afternoon day in the Lake States, a logging business owner was training a new employee. The business owner and employee scaled-in and were directed by the scaler to unload the wood at a specified landing where the truck was to be unloaded....
Three Loggers in South Make Change Over to Cut-to-Length
Change can be difficult, and it can be especially tough to make a switch after a long time of working with the same machines and methods. For Harrison Logging Inc., Wade Byars Logging LLC, and Bar Forest Products LLC, change was necessary. The three companies, all...