by Tim Cox | Dec 15, 2025 | 2025, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Harvesting, November/December 2025, Sustainability, The Next Generation, TimberWest Magazine, Trucking
CLE ELUM, Washington – Patrick Broderick is on a mission to help owners of forestland improve the health of their forests and protect them from wildfire. Broderick, 27, is a consulting forester doing business as Eastside Forestry. He works from an office in his home...
by Jim Petersen | Oct 21, 2025 | 2025, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Guest Columns, September/October 2025, Sustainability, TimberWest Magazine, Wildfire
“The forests we see today are not the same as the forests of 2001. They are dangerously overstocked and increasingly threatened by drought, insect-born disease and wildfire. Currently, nearly half of our roadless acres — over 28 million – are at high or...
by Tyler Freres | Jun 13, 2025 | 2025, Forest Management, Guest Columns, May/June 2025, Sustainability, TimberWest Magazine
By Tyler Freres Forest salvage is the key to true restoration. Without it, carbon loss, wildfire risk, and ecological decline are inevitable. It is critical that fire-impacted forests return to thriving ecosystems as quickly as possible. The alternative is standing...
by Sydney Gleason | Dec 16, 2024 | 2024, November/December 2024, Sustainability, TimberWest Magazine
In 2022 a group of 21 scientists, loggers, conservationists, and tribal and government representatives was convened for one simple task: decide the future of Northwest forests. The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan was supposed to dictate how 24 million acres of federal...
by Jim Stirling | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Biomass, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, September/October 2024, Sustainability
It was in early-2023 when British Columbia Premier David Eby announced the Forest Enterprise Society of B.C. (FESBC) was to receive an additional $50 million in funding for forest enhancement projects in the province. The focus of the funding was to be on creating a...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Biomass, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, May/June 2024, Sustainability, Tech Update, Value Added
Bandit Bandit introduced its first horizontal grinder, the model 3680, in 1995. Since then, multiple Bandit models have been engineered and manufactured featuring a unique cuttermill for processing a diverse range of material. Expanding the horizontal grinder line in...
