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California’s giant sequoias are burning up. Will logging save them?
Summer wildfires, in the era of climate change, mean something different now for giant sequoias. These trees evolved with ... ramp up controlled fires and logging as a way to thin out fuel-packed ...
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Timber Giants: Cutting Another 60-Foot Douglas Fir Tree
There’s something awe-inspiring about working with giant trees, and this 60-foot Douglas Fir is no exception. In this video, we take you into the forest to witness the controlled and skillful felling ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation1y
Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change
Now, the state's public forestry company, which trades as Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT), has changed its policy around the logging of "giant" trees. It would previously give "protection" to ...
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Biden administration won’t ban logging in old-growth forests, but new plan still vexes industry
(AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within ... and how those trees should be managed. Old-growth forests, such as the storied giant sequoia stands of ...
Gizmodo2y
How an American Logging Giant Bills Itself as a Climate Hero
As the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, logging giant Weyerhaeuser has made a pivot ... forests” on its website. “We use trees to make products people need while taking care of forests ...
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Heavy-Duty Chainsaw Sawing of a Giant 50-Foot Pine Tree
Join us as we tackle the challenging task of sawing down a massive 50-foot pine tree with precision and care. This video highlights the step-by-step process of cutting and felling a tall, mature pine, ...
The Conversation1y
Giant old trees are still being logged in Tasmanian forests. We must find ways of better protecting them
If you’re logging a giant to turn it into large structural beams, you might find it’s hollow inside and all but useless. The sheer size of these trees also means they have more habitat to ...
CHEK News5d
The stump ranchers: How Merville lost its trees
The logging and settlement history of the Comox Valley and Vancouver Island helps us understand why the coastal Douglas fir ...
Loggers fell old, native forests on Australian island
On the edge of a dense forest on a rugged Australian island, an enormous stump rises from the ground—all that remains of a ...
The Conversation5mon
As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data
The Giant Eucalyptus Specimen Archive was made possible in part by funding from the Jayne Wilson Bequest from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Daniel Bar-Ness runs Giant Tree Expeditions, a ...
YES! Magazine1mon
The Trees Are Speaking
Biologist Teresa Ryan has seen a lot of clear-cuts and loaded logging trucks ... the Tsitika River reached us before we found the trees. Even on this hot mid-July day, it was so cool in the shade of ...