9 February 2025 News, Events, Reminders company since 1966, and for tackling challenging harvest operations. Mike Wiedeman, owner of BTO Forestry Solutions, earned Operator of the Year for tackling a timber harvest on steep slopes leading down to a fish-bearing stream in canyonlands of Wallowa County. Methodical planning and experience allowed BTO Forestry Solutions to develop a harvest plan and layout to achieve the goals of the landowner, while protecting resources in a unit with challenging terrain. BTO Forestry protected stream buffers, water quality, steep slopes, and the safety of the crew while working in the Wallowa County canyonlands with skyline spans of over 5,000 feet. Because of a lack of anchor stumps, BTO had to buy extra dozers to serve as anchors for these long span-cables. They also modified the yarder to ensure enough suspension, so logs did not create ruts as they were yarded upslope. BTO Forestry has successfully faced these types of challenges and completed their operations, while protecting the resources and their crew consistently for many years. See the YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ZcE22ZAA8I8&t=83s ODF 2024 Merit Awards In addition to the three Area Operator winners, ODF also recognized eight additional forest contracting businesses for their sustainable practices and noteworthy achievements, by giving them 2024 Merit Awards. Northwest Oregon Area • Card Logging Company, Inc. of Eugene, OR › https://youtu.be/8YWFP9zqDxA?si= eZqWHTtNrv64FIvb • Chilton Logging, Inc. of Woodland, WA › https://youtu.be/Ao4Yr7v5uHw?si= QOVo0F5jXbesVtci • Haley Construction Company of Lebanon, OR › https://youtu.be/5JTsKcoQCxg?si= m9lMSkecq5HXSI2F • Mt. St. Helens Reforestation, Inc. of Chehalis, WA › https://youtu.be/1EbIQO6AkuU?si= VUgk-1mdJXpcuGYJ • Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Springfield Area Logging Crew of Eugene, OR › https://youtu.be/aUgMYdaJ0P0?si= Q1fvoAcgs4fmZQxC Southwest Oregon Area • Brothers Excavation & Construction, LLC of Central Point, OR › https://youtu.be/zTs-b3RG1zY?si= TnHDGIGATboIbnrI Eastern Oregon Area • Arrowhead Logging, LLC of Prineville, OR › https://youtu.be/B9msKbdSvsA?si= laXUdJGkygcqaOYl • Green Diamond Resource Company of Klamath Falls, OR › https://youtu.be/tQmGq-Ou8Os?si= 1vbGo9iolKu1A1OU ODF Letter of Commendation Lastly, ODF identified an additional recipient for Letter of Commendation, from a local ODF unit. Western Oregon District/NW Regional Forest Practices Committee • Gerald Smallwood Logging, Inc. of Waldport, OR › https://youtu.be/gYbJpZRAykE?si= MNecdXggxtoNywQ5 Congratulations to the ODF 2024 Operator Award recipients who steward forests across rural Oregon! Their outstanding efforts illustrate dedication to Oregon forest stewardship by contract companies and their skilled workforce. It’s excellence by our industry’s great people who assure Oregon’s forests are well managed! t
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