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A Short History of Helicopter Logging
The practice of helicopter logging is still employed in parts of the world today, including the US and Canada. Often the USFS will use it to thin forest lands in...
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For Busted Up Loggers: The Deming Log Show
A bond exists in the lumberjack community, a shared brotherhood of the saw. It comes from the long, hard hours spent in the forest, far from crowded cities and civilization....
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Paul Bunyan: Larger Than Life
With his trademark flannel shirt, double-bladed axe, and giant blue ox, Paul Bunyan left an indelible mark on the American consciousness. Though he may have been based in part on...
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The Brothers Nielsen
For as long as either David or Robert Nielsen can remember, trees have surrounded them. In their youth, they romped among the towering white oaks, western hemlocks, and grand firs...
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Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods
At the turn of the last century, forester William T. Cox began documenting the strange stories he heard in logging camps—stories about mythical creatures like the Hodag, Gumberoo, and Agropelter....
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Sustainable Logging For Healthy Forests
Over the last five decades, the logging industry in the united states has evolved considerably, and that is a good thing. Nowadays, when you hear a chainsaw roar to life...
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Lost Language of American Loggers
Fill a forest with five-hundred-year-old trees, up to a few hundred feet tall. Season it with native Americans, native-born pioneers, and immigrants from every corner of the Atlantic and Pacific....
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Adam Edwards: What It Means to Be an Arborist
What is an arborist? Some folks call us urban lumberjacks. Some, urban forestry professionals. Others, tree care providers or tree surgeons. But what we are—at least our crew—is a group...
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Hafting an axe: DIY
Found in most any woodshed or canoe pack, or on the floorboard of most farm trucks, the axe is one of the most versatile tools available to the outdoors adventurer....
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A Brief History of Horse Logging
Horse logging is an echo of an earlier, distant time but it is gaining steam as a modern, sustainable form of logging. This practice goes back nearly 10,000 years, though...
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