Logging & Sawmilling Journal

Logging and Sawmilling Journal, founded in 1969, focuses on the entire timber industry, from small logging businesses to high-level executives managing advanced mills and biomass operations. It addresses topics relevant to both woodlands and timber processing.

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California Logger Is Helping Sierra Pacific Salvage Timber

3 weeks ago | forestnet.com | Mary Bullwinkel

POLLOCK PINES, CALIFORNIA – Dan Arens and Son Inc., a logging contractor in northern California, is a key business partner to Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI). In recent years the loggers have been helping SPI salvage timber on forestland ravaged by fire. The Arens family has been in the logging business for more than 75 years, after Ken Arens bought a logging truck and began hauling logs in the Redding area in the early 1950s. His sons, Dan and Larry, worked for their father until the mid-1980s.
Fighting the Fibre Shortage in B.C.

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Paul MacDonald

There’s no doubt that there is a wood fibre shortage going on in B.C. right now, but forest company Kruger Inc., B.C. transportation company Arrow Transport and the Simpcw First Nations are combining forces with a whole log chipping operation in Kamloops, B.C.—River City Fibre—that is effectively battling the fibre shortage, and literally helping to keep the Kruger pulp mill in Kamloops in the chips, and more than 300 people employed at the mill.
Putting Forestry Equipment on Autopilot

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

Imagine that you are a heavy equipment operator working in the forest industry and instead of an equipment cab, your place of work is a control room a few blocks from home that is equipped with joysticks and a widescreen television monitor, projecting multiple screen images of a forest block or mill yard.
Heads Up: The First Alberta Equipment Expo is on its Way!

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

Increased industrial activity is attracting significantly more people to Alberta and driving greater demand for services like housing and development, while also providing good paying jobs often involving the use of heavy equipment, such as in the forest industry.
The Edge: Legacy research ready to pay dividends as new planning tools become part of standard forest management practices

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

As we stand on the precipice of the development of a new relationship between humanity and technology—with new tools that can answer questions by scouring information sources along the entire length and breadth of the worldwide web in minutes and with the ability to offer solutions—one caveat is clear. The quality of the answer is only going to be as good as the quality of the information sources tapped to obtain the answer.
TECH UPDATE: Log Scanning and Optimization

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

by | Feb 28, 2025 | 2025, January/February 2025, Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Tech Update USNR’s continuous evolution of sawmill technology brings mills the new MillIntelligence platform that advances the integration of dynamic quality control tools with smart analytics products.
Living the Logging Equipment Dream

1 month ago | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

by | Feb 28, 2025 | 2025, January/February 2025, Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Supplier Newsline The Canadian-designed and manufactured TimberMAX traction winch attachment—which allows loggers around the world to more easily and safely access valuable timber growing on steep slopes—has enjoyed significant growth since arriving on the market in 2018.
Back to the future: Re-establishing a historic forest landscape in B.C.

Dec 17, 2024 | forestnet.com | Jim Stirling

by | Dec 18, 2024 | 2024, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December 2024 A benchland overlooking B.C.’s Chilcotin River is an ideal location to recreate an historic forest landscape from the region’s past. It was an ecosystem of grasslands interspersed with groups of trees and it reflected how much of the region once appeared.
Taking great pride in a strong focus on safety

Dec 17, 2024 | forestnet.com | Paul MacDonald

The photos on the walls around the office above the maintenance shop of family-owned Miller Logging and Soler Logging in Clearwater, B.C., span a huge whack of time in the Canadian forest industry. The older black and white photos show steam powered, farm-based sawmills and horse logging, while the newer photos show the latest and greatest in processing, loaders and roadbuilding equipment, as of 2024.
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre Explores A Novel Reforestation Technique To Address The Increase In Large-Scale Natural Disturbances In Canadian Forests

Dec 17, 2024 | forestnet.com | Tony Kryzanowski

The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) in collaboration with Canadian company Flash Forest is exploring a novel forest regeneration approach using multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to apply tree seed-loaded pods in evenly distributed patterns across wildfire sites and other sites identified as suitable for vertical direct application into natural or prepared microsites. There are several reasons why development and successful deployment of this technology could benefit Canadian forestry.