by Web Editor | May 10, 2018 | News, News/PR
Fourth-generation logger Loren German knew since he was a young boy that he wanted to work in the woods. But he had one piece of advice for a gaggle of third-graders who had gathered around his feller-buncher to learn how it works. “Learn computers,” he told the class...
by Web Editor | Sep 8, 2017 | News, News/PR
Tree removal has begun on a 1,039-acre project on the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest associated with the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Community Tank Timber Sale area is located about 11 miles north of Parks just south of...
by Web Editor | Dec 14, 2016 | News, News/PR
When he finally saws through the last fibers, the great beast starts to fall. Before the oak hits the ground, Kevin Pool drops the chainsaw and runs like hell in the opposite direction, boots crunching, body jolting. The tree hits the forest floor with a booming thud,...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2015 | News, News/PR
The University of Idaho has a received an $825,000 from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention to develop techniques to save the lives of those working in the woods. Researchers from the College of Natural Resources working in UI’s Experimental Forest will use...