Louisiana-based RoyOMartin’s land and timber department, which manages nearly 550,000 acres in east Texas and Louisiana, has completed 13 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. The company says keys to the team’s success include reporting...
Tigercat recently completed its drive-to-tree feller-buncher lineup with the release of the 718G. One of the last Tigercat machines to receive a Tigercat FPT Tier 4 engine, it was a challenge to package the additional after treatment componentry required for Tier 4...
A U.S. District Court Judge rejected an appeal and upheld a 2018 ruling ordering Timberline South of Gaylord, Mich. to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair...
All 15 of Tennessee’s state forests are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. The Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture’s Div. of Forestry recently announced that all state forests—covering 168,359 acres—passed the third-party...
Research by the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources shows that log hauling and trucking operations are inherently safer when able to use interstate highway routes as much as possible. The findings bolster support for the federal...
Oak Valley Hardwoods, Inc. a sawmill, veneer and plywood company with eight locations in North Carolina and Virginia, is ceasing operations and has chosen Bright Star Realty and Auctions, LLC to liquidate their equipment. Items to be sold include wheel loaders,...
