Oregon Names Top 2022 Operators
Oregon’s state Board of Forestry recently released the 2022 Forest Operator of the Year awards that honor forest professionals who consistently meet or exceed requirements of the Oregon Forest Practices Act under challenging project conditions. This year’s award winners are Chuck Sarrett of Full Circle Consulting of La Grande; Mike Falleur of F and B Logging in Warrenton; and Bobby King of R and R King Logging in Florence.
- Eastern Oregon winner Sarrett, a forestry consultant, has developed an easy-to-use application to help forest landowners obtain federal assistance grants to manage their forestlands. He has helped scores of landowners develop forest management plans, a pre-requisite for obtaining federal funds.
- Northwest Oregon winner Falleur was honored for protecting streams against sediment from clearcuts by an innovative system of settling ponds and pumps. The pumps spread rain runoff onto vegetation on the forest floor so it can trap dirt and debris and keep it out of streams.
- Southwest Oregon winner King was nominated for his work protecting water quality in a forest unit bounded by a fish-bearing stream and a meandering tidal slough. He used a drone to run yarding cables across the slough and was able to hoist logs above a protected tree buffer with no damage.
The winners are being honored during a ceremony at the Oregon Logging Conference in Eugene, Ore. in February.
Latest News
Beginnings
Way back in the 1940s my father was a local kid with smarts. Born into a farming family in Butler County, Ala., he grew up loving his family, the land, animals and hunting and fishing. He was even working his way into the timber industry: The folks running W.T. Smith Lumber in Chapman gave him a summer job learning to cruise and mark timber, and he planned to attend Auburn University and go into forestry…
WANT MORE CONTENT?
Spanning seven decades since its inception in 1952, Timber Harvesting highlights innovative and successful logging operations across the U.S. and around the world. Timber Harvesting also emphasizes new technology and provides the best marketing vehicle for the industry’s suppliers to reach the largest number of loggers in North America and beyond.
Call Us: 800.669.5613