Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?

There’s a new plan to manage Victoria’s forests. But if it uses machines to ‘thin’ trees this could affect wildlife and ...
Reuters

Finnish forestry firms pledge to protect wildlife after endangered mussels crushed

HELSINKI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Finnish forestry companies will work with the government to protect wildlife and avoid a repeat of an incident in August when endangered river pearl mussels were crushed ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Kodama Systems unveils machine teleoperation platform at American Loggers Council in collaboration with Weiler Forestry

Product introduced for pilot to tackle labor shortages and reduce operational costs for loggers. We are excited to collaborate with Kodama and see our machine used for introducing this new and ...
Gizmodo

These Machines Eat Forests

At the turn of the 20th century, the logging industry relied on armies of lumberjacks swinging axes and band saws to fell a forest. These days, we just send in Harvesters. A Harvester is a ...
CounterPunch

The Case Against Commercial Logging in Wildfire-Prone Forests

When the Oak Fire swept through more than 10,000 acres southwest of Yosemite National Park last weekend, it burned through forests where widespread logging, including commercial thinning, accelerated ...