Thu February 08, 2024
Gypsy Moths, Emerald Ash Borers Spur Major Equipment Decision
Distinctive Tree Care, which provides high quality tree care and arboricultural services in Connecticut and Massachusetts, was founded by Jason Yerke in 2004. Yerke, who owned a landscape company — Distinctive Gardens — invested in a bucket truck, an older dump truck and a chipper and put together a small tree crew that would become Distinctive Tree Care....
Wed February 07, 2024
Industry Readies for 86th Oregon Logging Conference
Drawing loggers from around the Pacific Northwest and some much farther, the 86th Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) Feb. 22 to 24 at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds, Eugene, Ore., provides key resources for logging contractors, including sessions covering the latest in regulatory issues and business management topics along with the big draw: hundreds of exhibits and displays highlighting the latest in logging technology, equipment, machinery and services to help loggers operate more efficiently and most important — profitably....
Mon January 29, 2024
Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Initial Carbon Credit Offering
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement for the sale of nearly 32,000 forest carbon credits at $29 per credit. This agreement marks Weyerhaeuser's first transaction in the voluntary carbon market and represents the sale of all credits issued by ACR for the first year of the company's Kibby Skinner Improved Forest Management (IFM) Project in Maine....
Thu January 25, 2024
Bandit Industries Announces New CEO, President
Former CEO Jerry Morey announced the appointment of Craig Davis as the CEO and president of Bandit Industries on Jan. 4, 2024. Davis joined the Bandit team in 2018 as the sales director and has shown a tireless passion for the company, customers, and dealers....
Wed January 24, 2024
MAT Planning New Michigan Forest Show
The Michigan Association of Timbermen board of directors recently approved the launch of the organization's first major summer event, featuring industry exhibits, logging equipment, milling innovations, emerging technology, entertainment, food and fun for the whole family....
Tue January 23, 2024
2024 Oregon Logging Conference Preview
Drawing loggers from around the Pacific Northwest and some much farther, the 86th Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) Feb. 22 to 24 provides key resources for logging contractors including sessions covering the latest in regulatory issues and business management topics along with the big draw: Hundreds of exhibits and displays highlighting the latest in logging technology, equipment, machinery and services to help loggers operate more efficiently and most important — profitably....
Tue January 23, 2024
Weyerhaeuser Announces Habitat for Humanity Innovation Challenge
Weyerhaeuser Company announced the Habitat for Humanity Innovation Challenge to encourage new and creative home-building solutions using sustainable wood products. The challenge will task six U.S.-based Habitat affiliates with designing innovative uses of wood products that increase equitable access to affordable homes and demonstrate sustainability or resiliency....
Wed January 17, 2024
VIDEO: Timberpro Helps Boosts Production for Northern Minnesota Company
Falling timber in the middle of the winter is a race against the clock and Mother Nature. To meet production goals, you need equipment that is reliable and maximizes the short window of the season. That's why Greg Tibbetts, owner of Tibbetts Trucking Inc., utilizes Timberpro forestry equipment....
Tue January 09, 2024
Logging Family Sticks Together to Face Tough Conditions
Reid Lind's alarm clock goes off hours before sunrise. In the darkness, he laces up his boots, preparing to walk in the footsteps of two great loggers — his grandpa Bob Lind and his dad Mac Lind....
Fri January 05, 2024
VIDEO: St. Louis County's New Equipment Better Serves Taxpayers
The St. Louis County Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining 3,000 mi. of northern Minnesota roads in its territory. With many of those being rural miles that wind through the Superior National Forest and up to the Canadian border, it's a much larger task than maintenance of well-manicured suburban roadways....