Why The Forest Must Burn
“After 15 years of massive and severe blazes that have blackened landscape and choked the community with smoke for weeks at a time, severely disrupting people’s lives and the local [...]
The Bulletin has published an article which takes a look at how forest restoration treatments have increased job opportunities in our community.
“The projected growth in the wood-products industry is being fueled by new housing starts and a focus on harvesting smaller-diameter logs and forest restoration work where companies are using the harvest to fuel biomass and other wood-product creation.”
The article also continued “Spurred by new home sales nationwide, the wood products industry sees growth in obtaining stewardship contracts that enable loggers to clear out a national forest of small diameter trees and take the harvest for wood products. There’s a lot of small material in these forests,” said Bruce Daucsavage, president of Ochoco Lumber Co. in Prineville.
