Forestry News

Nortrax - Mon February 22, 2021

Nortrax Supports Mechanized Logging Operations Program

Nortrax announced its continued support of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, which will resume this summer on June 28, 2021. The program is an educational joint venture of the Maine Community College System and the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, along with other industry partners....

Sennebogen - Mon February 15, 2021

Sennebogen Simplifies Log Logistics for Lower Bavarian Company

Schwaiger Holzindustrie is located in the heart of Lower Bavaria. It supplies timber and wood pellets to customers from all over the world and added a Sennebogen 835 M E-Series material handler and trailer to its fleet in 2020....

Sennebogen - Mon February 08, 2021

Atlas Tree Surgery Launches New Era of Tree Care With Growing Sennebogen Fleet

Rich Kingsborough is feeling pretty good about his growing fleet of green machines. Since receiving his first Sennebogen tree care handler in August of last year, he has added six more machines, and more are on the way....

Road Machinery & Supplies Co. - Wed February 03, 2021

Road Machinery & Supplies Adds Peterson to Equipment Line

Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) has expanded its coverage of Astec brand equipment with the addition of Peterson industrial wood grinders. The Peterson lineup caters to the tree care industry with grinders, chippers, flails, blower trucks, stacking conveyors and screens....

Fecon - Tue January 19, 2021

Hawaiian Contractor's Mulching Operation Heats Up

The tropical climate of Maui attracts thousands to the island for vacations, special events, or just to escape the stress of the mainland. But this past summer — the hottest on record for Maui — sparked not only tourists, but a massive wildfire....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 12, 2021

R&L Excavating Assists in Wildfire Recovery

Robert Leininger, president of R&L Excavating Inc. of Sweet Home, Ore., bought his first piece of equipment — a front end loader — from Feenaughty Machinery Co. in Eugene about two years ago....

Associated Press - Wed December 30, 2020

Colorado Looks to Logging Industry to Revive Forests

GOULD, Colo. (AP) Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging — mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines — in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests....

Doosan Infracore North America - Tue December 22, 2020

Doosan Partners With ITEC 2000 Equipment to Bring Service to Thunder Bay Region

Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, is partnering with ITEC 2000 Equipment to expand its service in northern Ontario, Canada. In addition to providing increased service and support for customers, the new location will offer more access to Doosan equipment and parts....

CEG - Tue December 22, 2020

McCoy Celebrates Its John Deere Onyx Circle Award

When McCoy Construction & Forestry, a member of the McCoy Group family of companies, was named the 2020 winner of John Deere Construction and Forestry's Onyx Circle award, it was certainly cause for a celebration....

Oregon Logging Conference - Thu December 03, 2020

2021 Oregon Logging Conference Cancelled

Due to the extended State of Emergency in Oregon and the restrictions that remain in place regarding COVID-19, the Oregon Logging Conference board of directors has announced the cancellation of the 2021 Annual Logging, Trucking, and Heavy Equipment Expo at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene....