Here is a feller buncher at work in the Community Forest. The ‘buncher’ grabs onto large trees and can cut them within seconds!

A grapple skidder moving timber around. Some ‘skidders’ can move up to 10 tons.

Have you ever seen a processor work? Pretty skookum eh?

Take a look at a loader!

Next comes the site preparation.  Here an excavator is removing stumps on a newly harvested block to prevent root disease from spreading into the new seedlings.

Excavators are also used to build roads; here’s one installing a culvert to control water drainage.

Supporting a Cooperative Economy

Fall 2017 Aerial Fertilization to improve resilience and growth of young stands within the community forest.