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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Horse Logging Makes a Comeback

The Lansing State Journal has an interesting feature on the resurgence of logging with horses in Michigan, especially for select cutting. As property owners become increasingly conscious of the damage heavy machinery does to the forest, more are choosing to have horses skid lumber cut on their property. Lachine resident Robert Strong comments: "Horses are slower, there's no doubt about that. And the guys with the horses can only make money on certain types of cutting. It has to be high valuable timber for them to make enough money to do it."

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