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Mechanical timber harvesting: The future is here |
Hello from Forests for Maine's Future:
| George Merrill thins a hemlock stand in East Wilton with his $360,000 cut-to-length processor. (Photo: The Rankin File) |
Mechanical timber harvesting made its debut on the vast timberlands of northern Maine in '70s and '80s. Now feller bunchers and in-woods processors have become common in southern Maine. In our latest Fresh from the Woods feature we look at how today's contractors are using mechanical harvesting on smaller woodlots.
If you didn't get a chance, check out our January Fresh from the Woods feature on wood-as-heating fuel, or our December feature on the mighty eastern white pine.
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