by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Sep 7, 2023 | Magazine
August / September 2023 KALISPELL, Montana – For Ken Swanstrom timber harvesting in Montana means more than loads per day. For the entirety of his five decades-long career, it has been about so much more. He is the original environmentalist—his whole life’s legacy is...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 5, 2023 | Magazine
July / August 2023 In this year’s Timber Harvesting Logger Survey, loggers across the country report they are facing growing challenges to profitability and business viability. SEE MORE INSIDE THIS ISSUE COVER STORY 2023 Logger Survey: Facing A Stand Of Challenges MY...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 1, 2023 | Magazine
May / June 2023 ST. HELENS, Oregon – Though he had been in the business 20-plus years as a contract timber cutter and large log hauler, Greg Pellham, owner of Pellham Cutting, Inc. in northern Oregon, still wanted to run his own full scale logging company, like his...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Mar 13, 2023 | Magazine
March / April 2023 RICHBURG, South Carolina – Operating one large “super crew” in northern South Carolina, brothers Will and Wesley Coleman and Coleman Brothers Logging are putting up impressive production numbers, routinely hitting 160-190 loads a week and not...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jan 27, 2023 | Magazine
January / February 2023 JOHN DAY, Oregon – Forest health issues continue to dominate the concerns of Western U.S. forest managers, especially on huge expanses of public lands that are in dire need of management activities that reduce the potential for disastrous...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Nov 17, 2022 | Magazine
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2022 EAGLE CREEK, Oregon – Moving into new applications and adding productive capacity with its first tethering machine is expanding Pacific Forest Contractors’ (PFC) capabilities while adding a measure of mechanization and extra safety. SEE MORE...
