by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jan 12, 2021 | News
New From Tigercat: Mulcher Carrier Tigercat adds to its mulcher lineup with the release of the 760B mulcher and the 4061-30 mulching head. The 760B is a 550 HP class mulcher carrier that shares major components with the field proven and similarly classed Tigercat 480B...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jan 12, 2021 | News
OLC 2021 DOWN, BUT NOT OUT Oregon Logging Conference Board of Directors announced that the 2021 Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene will not be taking place in February as planned. “After much discussion and based on the...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jan 12, 2021 | News
Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, the USDA Forest Service announced it surpassed goals in 2020. The agency sold more than 3.2 billion BF of timber, the second highest level in 20 years. It also improved forest conditions and reduced wildfire risk on more than...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Dec 22, 2020 | News
America’s loggers will have an opportunity to receive much needed assistance to offset losses experienced due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, which passed by a bi-partisan vote in both the House and Senate, includes language...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Dec 14, 2020 | News
Always on the lookout for efforts by the mainstream media to investigate and report on news and events in forests and the forest products industry, the alert Timber Harvesting staff recently came across this description of logging in the Denver Post newspaper: “. ....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Dec 14, 2020 | News
Forest products industry, environmental and conservation leaders have announced an agreement of principles on the important role sustainably managed forests and forest products can play in mitigating climate change. The principles were signed by the CEOs of 43 forest...
