Axe-throwers, chainsaw-wielders, pole-climbers and log-rollers flocked from all over the state to the annual Fourth of July Estacada Timber Festival. Families gathered on the lawn to cheer on their ...

The dangers of chain saw use in Myanmar are compounded by a lack of training and protective gear in rural areas where inexperienced loggers can end up seriously injured or dead. Though a license is ...

Two local men were recently killed in separate timber harvesting- and processing-related accidents on Sunday and Monday. Ronald R. Morgan, 40, of rural Black River Falls, was killed on Sunday, Feb. 26 ...

I’ll admit that at first I thought a review of the best mini chainsaws was a bit silly. I expected the category to be full of cheap saws from pop-up Amazon brands. I expected for the products to be ...

DARBY – If there is an event that embodies all that Montana stands for, Darby Logger Days is it. The premier community festival of the year for the southern Bitterroot Valley, the 12th annual Darby ...

As darkness fell in the forests of central Myanmar on a rainy evening last July, May Thu and her husband Myint Swe*, were wrapping up their day’s work: illegal logging. May Thu, a petite 27-year-old ...