Merlin Durrah remembers well his tenure as a logger. Durrah, 74, entered the timber industry fresh out of high school, working mostly as a mechanic and truck driver. “I’ve hauled everything,” Durrah ...

The nervous rattle and whine that cut through the smoky air was sad music to Oregon lumberjacks. It meant that the long, clear cry of “Timberrrr!” would soon ring out no more in the stillness of the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On Feb. 8, just a few days ago, Calvin Powling, Jr., a logger from Newfane, was called to the stage in an auditorium in Barre in front of hundreds of ...

On the edge of a dense forest on a rugged Australian island, an enormous stump rises from the ground -- all that remains of a eucalyptus tree that towered into the canopy for centuries. As wide as two ...