by Tim Cox | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, March/April 2024, New Technology, Sawmill, TimberWest Magazine, Value Added
LYONS, OREGON – Freres Lumber successfully adapted over the years to changing market conditions, reinventing itself to move forward instead of succumbing to market shifts that might have left it withering on the vine. Its latest adaptation was the result of developing...
by Forestnet | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, Industry News, March/April 2024, TimberWest Magazine
THE AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL (AFRC) is urging the Pacific Northwest’s Congressional delegation to address challenges to the region’s forestry and wood products industry. In a letter to the delegation, AFRC president Travis Joseph noted that western Oregon has...
by Dawn Killough | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, Harvesting, March/April 2024, TimberWest Magazine
PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON – Tim Rude, owner of Rude Logging, has done almost every kind of logging, from shovel logging to tethered logging. He started with a chainsaw and a skidder and has done just about everything except helicopter logging. It’s this versatility and...
by Tim Cox | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, Harvesting, March/April 2024, Steep Slope, TimberWest Magazine
BRUCETON MILLS, WEST VIRGINIA – Loggers got an opportunity to witness tethered timber harvesting up close as three manufacturers of winch-assist technology demonstrated their equipment in West Virginia The three-day event was held in early March on the West Virginia...
by Jan Jackson | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, Harvesting, March/April 2024, TimberWest Magazine
RAINIER, OREGON – When Dan Kloppman was 16 and started working summers and school breaks for Teen Trees, a youth in forestry nonprofit program, he never imagined he would end up working in the woods full-time. Now, 41-years later, he is still there, but as president...
by Forestnet | Apr 11, 2024 | 2024, March/April 2024, TimberWest Magazine
EUGENE, OREGON – This year’s Oregon Logging Conference attracted a record number of industry professionals to view exhibits from suppliers and participate in seminars, panel discussions, and other presentations. The 86th annual event was held for three days with very...
