logging

Rivers and Lakes are beginning to open up in the Northwoods. During the logging boom in Northern Wisconsin, that meant it was time to start the river drive. Moving tens of thousands of logs by water to sawmill towns was a deadly business. And so it was on the first log drive north of Grandfather Falls on the Wisconsin River, 165 years ago.

Anyone who drives a vehicle has likely noticed the steep $4.79 price tag on a gallon of gas. But those who operate large trucks and heavy machinery are impacted even more than others.

Bill would provide funds to help with the purchase of two idled paper mills

Timber professionals are beginning to receive pandemic assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but industry leaders question whether the $200 million in aid will be enough.

The Wisconsin River is a tamed river, but in the past, before the dams, the river ran wild, and loggers found Grandfather Falls near Merrill to be a difficult obstacle to overcome.

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In the nineteenth century, people believed Wisconsin’s forests to be inexhaustible. Lumber production proceeded at an unsustainable pace, but few cared as…