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European Logging Show Elmia Wood Moves To Biennial Event 

European Logging Show Elmia Wood Moves To Biennial Event  Starting in 2025, Elmia Wood will host its trade fair every two years instead of every four. This change is made possible through a new land agreement at Bratteborgs gård, that extends until 2029, with a...

New From Tigercat: 120 Winch Assist

New From Tigercat: 120 Winch Assist The new Tigercat 120 cable assist, the second model in Tigercat’s cable systems product line, leverages the company’s deep experience in steep slope harvesting systems to create cable systems that complement the ground based...

New From Tigercat: 6500 Chipper

New From Tigercat: 6500 Chipper Tigercat has officially launched 6500 chipper after more than a year of successful field operations involving multiple retail units. The 6500 is a heavy-duty down-swing drum chipper designed for high production and maximum flexibility....

Colorado Biomass Power Plant Set For Auction

Colorado Biomass Power Plant Set For Auction Eagle Valley Clean Energy in Gypsum, Colo. filed for bankruptcy in spring 2024, after the facility closed abruptly in November. Officials report an Illinois real state company has the leading bid to acquire the facility and...

New From Tigercat: 250E Knuckleboom 

New From Tigercat: 250E Knuckleboom  Tigercat has replaced the 250D loader with the new and improved 250E model for tasks such as delimbing, slashing, merchandising and loading trucks. Among other improvements, the latest 250 series iteration has an improved...

Oregon Dept. of Forestry Seeks Operating Loan

Oregon Dept. of Forestry Seeks Operating Loan State forestry officials are seeking changes to the way the state funds firefighting efforts after the agency had to ask the Oregon State Treasury for a $60 million loan to tide the agency over until it can get more money...

Yosemite Seeks New Colorado Feedstock Study

Yosemite Seeks New Colorado Feedstock Study Officials with Yosemite Clean Energy recently announced a $300,000 grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Fund that will support a feedstock analysis and a pre-engineering study to develop a wood waste...

New From Waratah: 624HX Harvester Head

New From Waratah: 624HX Harvester Head Waratah Forestry Equipment has launched an all-new HX line with its 624HX harvester heads. Building on generations of Waratah HTH attachments, the new extra-large harvester and loader-processor heads have been redesigned for...

John Deere Rolls Out TimberMatic Maps Auto Pickup Feature For Skidders 

John Deere Rolls Out TimberMatic Maps Auto Pickup Feature For Skidders Industry-exclusive Auto Pickup within John Deere TimberMatic Maps makes it easier for skidder operators to collect production information while enhancing the ability to monitor job progress....

American Loggers Council Gathers In California

American Loggers Council Gathers In California    The American Loggers Council marked its 30th anniversary with its 2024 annual meeting on October 1-4 in Sonora/Jamestown, Calif. The theme of the meeting was “The American Logger: A Legacy of...

COVID Relief Act Includes Loggers

COVID Relief Act Includes LoggersFollowing months of political lobbying, America’s loggers finally have access to financial assistance. The Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, passed by a...

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New From Tigercat: Mulcher Carrier

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 track driven mulcher as well…

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OLC 2021 Down, But Not Out

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 current and…

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Forest Service Sold 3.2 Billion BF

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...

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Loggers Gain Relief Funding From Feds

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...

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Major Media Hat-Tips Logging In Colorado

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...

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