VAIL — Helicopter logging operations will be taking place soon to reduce the wildfire risk on U.S. Forest Service land near the Intermountain neighborhood in West Vail. The project is part of a ...

Last week, the Department of Natural Resources announced it was putting the Riley Rotor timber sale, about five miles southwest of the Oso slide, on hold for “additional review.” The slopes are so ...

2012. Pines released by Douglas-fir removal | Photo by: Kristen Chadwick | Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry. ASHLAND, Ore. — The Ashland City Council has ...

Helicopter logging is light on the land, but it’s expensive. Just a few draws over, where the hillsides aren’t so steep, the cheaper traditional mechanized logging is taking place.