Gord and his team of tree climbers begin one of the biggest heli-logging jobs in Canadian history: climbing and topping a grove of prized cedar trees and using a $15,000 per hour Chinook helicopter to ...

BANKS Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, the Banks Fire Department hosted multiple agencies to train loggers to call for a helicopter in an emergency. “Always important to be prepared if anything were to go ...

However, Clifford adds that a "few green trees" -- no more than 250 -- may be cut to assure safety for the helicopter loggers. Approximately eight-tenths of a mile of temporary roads, up to 25 landing ...

This unique heli-logging operation works the western coast of Vancouver Island salvaging dead and downed timbers in the most remote locations. Crews risk life and limb scaling 150-foot trees so they ...

Meyer said they predict the bid for the tractor and skyline logging will be around $123,000. He wasn’t sure how much the helicopter logging could generate. Clifford wrote that he hopes the sale will ...

An injured logger was transported by a Life Flight helicopter from an area outside of Sweet Home on Tuesday, May 23. At around 11:34 a.m. the Sweet Home Fire District received a report of an injured ...