2020 Mid-South Show Scheduled August 21-22

2020 Mid-South Show Scheduled August 21-22

The Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, the longest-running and best attended live demo in the South, will be held August 21-22, again on Mississippi State University’s John W. Starr Memorial Forest located just south of Starkville, Mississippi. In a planning meeting...
Barred Owl Remains Under The Gun

Barred Owl Remains Under The Gun

Officials with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) recently announced an extension through August 2021 of a controversial experimental program to shoot barred owls that are encroaching on spotted owl habitat in Pacific Northwest forests. Research has shown that...

Idaho Loggers Work Moth-Damage Sales

Contractors in central Idaho are working two salvage timber sales totaling almost 2,000 acres filled with trees damaged by the Douglas-fir tussock moth infestation in the Packer John State Forest. The Idaho Department of Lands sold the dead and dying timber in two...
Oregon Logging Conference Back In Eugene

Oregon Logging Conference Back In Eugene

Oregon Logging Conference Back In Eugene Better ideas and new strategies relative to the Northwestern style of logging will be featured at this year’s Oregon Logging Conference, hosted at the Lane County Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene from February 20-22,...

Divinol Gains Cat Spec Certification

Germany-based lubricant specialists Zeller + Gmelin and its Divinol Multimax lubricant line have received the “Meet Caterpillar XY specification” certification for meeting Caterpillar’s demanding requirements and the product’s overall performance in heavy...

Industry On Roll In Oregon Court Cases

A federal judge has handed the Oregon timber industry two big victories relating to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberland designations and management in the state. In one decision Judge Richard Leon ruled that President Barack Obama’s executive order...