Forest Operation Review

The Official Publication of the Forest Resources Association

State Foresters Consider the Wood Supply Connection

State Foresters Consider the Wood Supply Connection

How can state forestry agencies contribute to wood supply chain operation? FRA and the National Ass...

Staying Connected in Tough Times

Staying Connected in Tough Times

One of the benefits of FRA meetings is hearing the thoughts of some of the smartest people in our in...

Forester Comes Too Close To Swinging Load

Forester Comes Too Close To Swinging Load

Safety Alert 11-S-15  On a late summer afternoon in the South, a forester was checking harves...

Barber-Chair Tree Kills Logger

Barber-Chair Tree Kills Logger

Safety Alert 11-S-14  A logging crew member was hand-felling a sawtimber-sized tree on a late...

Skidder Fatally Pins Logger

Skidder Fatally Pins Logger

Safety Alert 11-S-13     A logger was felling hardwood timber on an early spring day in...

Don’t Let Your ‘New Hire’ Become a Logging Statistic

Don’t Let Your ‘New Hire’ Become a Logging Statistic

The safety of the strapping young fellow you just hired in your logging business is now your respons...

High-Flotation Machines for Plantation Thinning on Wet Flats

High-Flotation Machines for Plantation Thinning on Wet Flats

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-21 Logging Systems: thinning  Tommy Johnson, owner of Johnson Loggin...

In-Wood Platform Fall Restraint

In-Wood Platform Fall Restraint

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-20  Trucks/Trucking: Safety Every year many workers die or are perma...

Metal Ledge Improves Undinding Rack Safety

Metal Ledge Improves Undinding Rack Safety

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-19 Woodyards: safety  Many roundwood receiving facilities across the ...

Rayonier Wood Procurement Goes Real-Time with Twitter

Rayonier Wood Procurement Goes Real-Time with Twitter

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-18 Trucks/Trucking: communication  Rayonier’s Southeastern Wood Procur...

Vermont Portable Skidder Bridge Initiative

Vermont Portable Skidder Bridge Initiative

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-17 Bridges: BMP programs The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recr...

Understanding Oven-Dry Weight

Understanding Oven-Dry Weight

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-16 Chips: measurement  An Oregon FRA member is visiting a fellow chi...

WSRI - Increasing Awareness of Research

WSRI - Increasing Awareness of Research

This spring, the WSRI Board took further steps to increase non-members’ awareness of the 18 current ...

Chain Saw Lacerates Operator's Foot

Chain Saw Lacerates Operator's Foot

Safety Alert 11-S-11 BACKGROUND: On a sunny, cool day in the Appalachians, a chain saw operator wa...

  • State Foresters Consider the Wood Supply Connection

    State Foresters Consider the Wood Supply Connection

  • Staying Connected in Tough Times

    Staying Connected in Tough Times

  • Forester Comes Too Close To Swinging Load

    Forester Comes Too Close To Swinging Load

  • Barber-Chair Tree Kills Logger

    Barber-Chair Tree Kills Logger

  • Skidder Fatally Pins Logger

    Skidder Fatally Pins Logger

  • Don’t Let Your ‘New Hire’ Become a Logging Statistic

    Don’t Let Your ‘New Hire’ Become a Logging Statistic

  • High-Flotation Machines for Plantation Thinning on Wet Flats

    High-Flotation Machines for Plantation Thinning on Wet Flats

  • In-Wood Platform Fall Restraint

    In-Wood Platform Fall Restraint

  • Metal Ledge Improves Undinding Rack Safety

    Metal Ledge Improves Undinding Rack Safety

  • Rayonier Wood Procurement Goes Real-Time with Twitter

    Rayonier Wood Procurement Goes Real-Time with Twitter

  • Vermont Portable Skidder Bridge Initiative

    Vermont Portable Skidder Bridge Initiative

  • Understanding Oven-Dry Weight

    Understanding Oven-Dry Weight

  • WSRI - Increasing Awareness of Research

    WSRI - Increasing Awareness of Research

  • Chain Saw Lacerates Operator's Foot

    Chain Saw Lacerates Operator's Foot

Fall 2011 Issue

How can state forestry agencies contribute to wood supply chain operation?

FRA and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) organized a Forum at FRA’s September Board meeting to enable some give-and-take on how well state forestry agencies are able to connect with the challenges mills and loggers face in wood supply management.

One of the benefits of FRA meetings is hearing the thoughts of some of the smartest people in our industry. That was clearly the case at our recent Fall Board Meeting, with the state of our economy on everyone’s mind.

Safety Alert 11-S-15 

On a late summer afternoon in the South, a forester was checking harvest contract compliance at a logging operation. Weather conditions were good.

Safety Alert 11-S-14 

A logging crew member was hand-felling a sawtimber-sized tree on a late fall afternoon in the Southeastern U.S.

Safety Alert 11-S-13  

 

A logger was felling hardwood timber on an early spring day in the Northeast. Weather was not a factor in the incident. A skidder operator was also working on the same site.

The safety of the strapping young fellow you just hired in your logging business is now your responsibility. His enthusiasm to work hard and make a difference in your organization can be a great benefit to you. Or, if not properly trained, mentored, and guided, he can become injured—or worse.

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-21

Logging Systems: thinning 

Tommy Johnson, owner of Johnson Logging in DeRidder, Louisiana, uses tracked feller-bunchers and 6-wheel (3-axle) skidders to thin pine plantations on flat, seasonally wet terrain in southwestern Louisiana. These machines maintain high production while minimizing site and residual stand damage.

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-20 

Trucks/Trucking: Safety

Every year many workers die or are permanently injured in fall-related accidents. “It takes one second for you to fall 16 feet.” So says the Safe Working Procedures manual used by DCT Chambers Trucking and its Glen Transport division.

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-19

Woodyards: safety 

Many roundwood receiving facilities across the U.S. have installed unbinding racks with pivoting arms that protect truck drivers while they are unbinding their load at a mill (see FRA Technical Releases 05-R-17 and 91-R-7, for example).

TECHNICAL RELEASE 11-R-18 Trucks/Trucking: communication 

Rayonier’s Southeastern Wood Procurement operation recently began communicating with wood suppliers via Twitter. This method of communication ensures trucking and logging resources are in step with mill dynamics that potentially affect truck turn-around times.

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