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Loggers’ Success Tied to Embracing Technology and Diversifying Operations in 2011
While economic challenges are not new to the logging industry, logging communities in the United States have been particularly hard hit over the past three years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of loggers employed in the U.S. dropped from approximately 59,000 to 47,000 between December 2007 and December 2010 — a workforce reduction of twenty percent. Job losses have slowed in recent months, but the industry remains at extraordinarily low levels of employment. The prospects for recovery may well hinge on the industry learning from the past and adopting new operations and strategies going forward.
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Sustainable Yields
For some time now, the timber industry has been debating and experimenting with various approaches to creating and maintaining a sustainable yield as well as a stable market environment. The big challenge, of course, is that not all the factors that contribute to instability in the industry can be easily controlled. Since there is no guaranteed blueprint for success in this business, each logging company has to look at their own needs and plans in their search to come up with a solution that fits. For Lee Miller of Miller Timber Services out of Philomath, Ore., that has meant focusing ...
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Miller Timber Services Does It All
PHILOMATH, Oregon — Sometimes finding the vocation to fill a lifetime in a satisfying way is as easy as getting up in the morning. A person just knows what he wants to do. For as long as he can remember, Lee Miller wanted to own a logging business. Today, Lee owns Miller Timber Logging Inc., which along with L&B Reforestation Inc. belongs to a parent company called Miller Timber Services Inc. Read More
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Philmont Scout Ranch Press Release Restorative Thinning Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/31/23 PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH ANNOUNCES $1.3 MILLION RESTORATIVE THINNING PROJECT In a unique collaboration of public, private, and state agencies Philmont Scout ...
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Renovation to turn Fishers Canyon Open Space into newest outdoor recreation space begins
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Colorado Springs recently acquired Fishers Canyon Open Space. Now, the city is working to turn the 343-acre open ...
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Wildfire mitigation puts in motion Fishers Canyon Open Space development
COLORADO SPRINGS — A major wildfire mitigation project is underway at the future Fishers Canyon Open Space above Broadmoor Bluffs. “Conservation of the natural and ...
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Bald Mountain Stewardship Project Preserves Ski Resort Against Insects, Wildfire
Eye on Sun Valley Daily Local News – STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK Kurt Nelson surveyed a clearing that had just been carved out ...
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The Bald Mountain Stewardship Project – National Forest Foundation
The purpose of the Bald Mountain Stewardship Project is to reduce fuels and associated fire risk, improve forest health, and preserve the recreational experience on ...
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Taking Care Of Baldy
By Sabina Dana Plasse Photos courtesy Sun Valley Company As most Wood River Valley residents and those who frequent the area know, wildfire and beetle ...
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Wyden, Merkley: U.S. Forest Service Contracts With Eight Oregon Businesses to Provide Wildland Firefighter Crews
Federal contracts slated for companies in Merlin, Redmond, Salem, Ashland, Philomath, Merrill, Sutherlin and Independence Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today ...
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High tech mitigation protecting Colorado Springs water
By: Bill Folsom Posted at 12:00 PM, Oct 09, 2021 and last updated 12:00 PM, Oct 09, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS — There is new fire mitigation technology ...
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New technology improves forest health, decreases wildfire risk on Pikes Peak’s north slope
TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Removing dead or dying trees from steep mountain slopes can be a time-consuming and dangerous job, but new technology is ...
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Making a difference at Monarch Pass:
Project salvages beetle-kill trees on steep slopes to reduce wildfire risk, protect water resources While the Upper Arkansas Valley has received plenty of rain this ...
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Stepping Up To Fire
STEPPING UP TO FIRE By Jan Jackson When Lee Miller, president and CEO of Miller Timber Services in Philomath, Oregon, sees a need that isn’t being ...
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Opinion: Loggers are firefighting heroes
There is nothing more disheartening than being called a hero during fire season and then slandered in the media or overregulated outside of fire emergencies. Firefighters are not ...
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