Tennessee State Forests Meet SFI Standards

All 15 of Tennessee’s state forests are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. The Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture’s Div. of Forestry recently announced that all state forests—covering 168,359 acres—passed the third-party...

UGA Truck Research: Safer On Interstates

Research by the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources shows that log hauling and trucking operations are inherently safer when able to use interstate highway routes as much as possible. The findings bolster support for the federal...

Oregon Salamander Lives With Logging

Following a seven-year study of 88 timber tracts across Oregon’s western Cascade Range, researchers have concluded no “discernable difference” in populations and occupancy of a rare salamander on recently harvested stands compared to stands older than 50...

Wood ID Lab Moves To Oregon State

Thanks to a five-year, $4 million federal grant from the Forest Service International Programs Office, the Wood Identification and Screening Center (WISC) is moving to Oregon State University, where it will join the College of Forestry. The WISC was established three...
Barko Hydraulics Welcomes New Dealer

Barko Hydraulics Welcomes New Dealer

Barko Hydraulics (Barko) is proud to announce the addition of High Mountain Forestry as the latest dealer to join its growing dealer network. High Mountain Forestry will provide sales and product support for Barko equipment in Montana, Idaho, and eastern Washington....