by Jim Stirling | Aug 26, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, July/August 2024
The Kootenays and Southern Interior are distinct from other regions in British Columbia. Part of that is due to geography. A parallel series of high mountain valleys effectively separates the southeast corner of the province from the rest of B.C. Another factor is...
by Jim Stirling | Aug 26, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, July/August 2024
Sometimes with logging operations, it all starts with the family. Logger Kevan Ouellet knows all about that. He worked alongside his father, Normand, in the family contracting business which had grown to twelve chainsaw skidder crews, before they formed the company...
by George Fullerton | Aug 26, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, July/August 2024
Quebec-based logging contractor Steeve Ladrie explains that his equipment approach is about meeting the needs of his teams: his selection of harvesting equipment is based on having a diverse set of machines assigned to his two separate teams, so that each team can...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Aug 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, Industry News, July/August 2024, Supplier Newsline
Excitement is building for DEMO International 2024, a much-anticipated industry event which will feature three days of live demonstrations of forest equipment working in a commercial logging environment. Organized by the Canadian Woodlands Forum and hosted by SBC...
by David Elstone | Aug 25, 2024 | 2024, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, July/August 2024
Those who work in the woods know all too well that wildfires are undiscerning in what they burn: working forest, parks, old growth forests, wildlife habitat—if there is fuel, it will burn. No matter what your view on how our forests should be managed, it is hard to...
by George Fullerton | Aug 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, July/August 2024, New Technology
Eco Naud Exploitation Forestiere is a harvesting and silviculture operation managed by Sylvain and Francis Naud, with their operations based from Sylvain’s home, just outside the Village of Saint-Raymond, about an hour northwest of Quebec City, on the Sainte-Anne...
