Oregon’s last horse logger and a family of foresters look to the future by carrying on a legacy of the past. Jamming a metal skidding tong into a log, Roger Daugherty draws the slack from his driving ...

When Brad Johnson and Derek O’Toole talk about horsepower, they’re talking about actual horse power. The two men are co-owners of Third Branch Horse Logging, of Braintree, which uses draft horses for ...

ROCHESTER (AP) -- Tim Carroll let the leather reins in his hands slacken a bit, and he clucked his tongue softly. That's all it took. His pair of draft horses surged forward in their harnesses, a ...

BEAR LAKE — A blanket of snow muffled sounds deep in the woods of Bear Lake. Two horses snorted from working hard and a chainsaw fired up while Ben Reed got to work. Reed has been logging Northern ...

No chippers, grinders or massive diesel engine trucks are needed to clear away fallen trees from last month’s storm, as long as Tim Carroll is around. Carroll, of Lyle, prefers to do his work the ...

This 1920s film captures the full lifecycle of logging and paper production in the snowy United States. Beginning with scenes of men and horses working in a snow-covered village, the film shows the ...

Third Branch Horse Logging was started October 2018. Both Johnson and O’Toole had been working with draft horses for farming. When they formed their company they shifted their focus to using horses in ...