Shaw Iron Test; Storm Salvage Operation with a difference
Dragging logs out of rivers is a big enough salvage operation as it is but when the Iron Test team arrived at Whitikau Forest in East Cape there was also a storm-damaged Washington 188 swing yarder and a landslide-damaged 10-wheel forwarder for Forestry Solutions Group (FSG) to rescue from the ravages of various storms over the last year with their Komatsu D65P bulldozer.
To give you an idea of where we are at in Whitikau, if you draw a line between Opotiki and Gisborne we are about the middle of that line –...
NZ Logger Feature Sections March 2024
Tall Timber; Boom and Bust
After 23 years building a logging contracting business in his own name, Robert Stubbs is out. He fought for a more stable business environment but wound up paying a de...
Women in Forestry; “Too many going it alone”
How did you come to be involved with FICA? I was appointed as FICA CEO in April 2018 having been CEO for the Eastland Wood Council for three-and-a-half years in ...
Forest Talk
All in the family
This month, our Iron Test team is visiting the Stewart Logging Mosgiel site with AB Equipment’s Nicolas Ekron, who is the Dunedin branch Service Manager. Ste...
A million more trees by 2030 with Trees for Survival
“This winter, students from Bucklands Beach Intermediate will join Rotary’s Trees for Survival programme founders to plant the first of a million native tree...
Conserving threatened native trees
Researchers have identified hotspots for the conservation of maire tawake or swamp maire in the Wellington region, hoping to save this threatened native tree...
Council emissions close to double after tree felling
The felling of the Valley Road pine forest earlier this year will result in Whakatāne District Council’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubling in its audi...
Electric Multidirectional Counterbalance Forklift comes out tops
Wood products in the timber industry come in different shapes, sizes and weights, making them tricky to handle. From lumber frames to long pieces, these bulk...
Road freight workplace injuries in decline
A decline in road freight transport workplace injuries, shows industry commitment to health and safety improvements says Transporting New Zealand.Recent data...
Using drones to safeguard forests
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha|University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are using drones and satellite remote sensing to track the health of eucalyptus tr...
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