by Web Editor | May 25, 2012 | News, News/PR
A day’s worth of logging took place in less than a second on a hillside above Hahn Creek. “This is the most enjoyable part of the job,” Helena National Forest lead blaster Don Senn said as he inspected the parallel lines of toppled trees. “The day goes quickly when...
by Web Editor | May 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
Paul Bunyan wouldn’t have known what to make of Gordon Ash’s little logging crew in the Pioneer Mountains last week. Instead of axes or saws, the U.S. Forest Service team went after trees with sticks of high explosive. “You’d calculate the proper amount of explosive,...