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Story Archives of 'Logging'
StoryCorps: Helen Burns (Web Extra)
By Andrew Parrella on Sunday, July 26, 2009.Gorham's Helen Burns grew up in a roving logging camp, which made it difficult to get to school every day. She tells her frined Mary Jo Landry about her early education.
StoryCorps: Helen Burns
By Andrew Parrella on Sunday, July 26, 2009.Gorham's Helen Burns grew up in a roving logging camp, in fact she was one of the few female loggers in the North Country at the time. Her friend Mary Jo Landry had a few questions about her time in the camps when they stopped by the Mobile Booth in June.
The Stolen Forests
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, October 9, 2008.Today on Word of Mouth, how a tree in the Russian forest becomes a toilet seat at Wal-Mart.
We Americans consume more finished wood items than any country on the planet. Every year, each of us use up about 72 cubic feet of wood - from baby cribs to paint brushes, books to tables. But few of us know where the wood is coming from.
It turns out, the stores we buy from don’t know either. There’s a good chance that at least 20 percent of it comes from a country where trees are illegally harvested, and deforestation is rampant. Our increasing demand for wood may be fueling the largest destruction of forests in history.
Raffi Khatchadourian wrote about the illegal logging market for The New Yorker. He joins Word of Mouth with more about this profitable and violent underground business.
Click here to read Raffi Khatchadourian's article, "The Stolen Forests"
(Photo by Ben Alman)
Legal Battles over Logging
By Laura Knoy on Sunday, September 21, 2008.It’s a longtime debate in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest. Loggers say they cut under specific guidelines and that the wood they cut is important to New Hampshire’s economy. But some environmentalists say cutting in roadless areas upsets wildlife as well as tourism. This month a federal court ruled in favor of loggers, but that hasn’t stopped the debate. We’ll find out more.
Guests
- Jasen Stock, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association
- Katherine Corkery, New Hampshire Chapter Director of the Sierra Club
We'll also hear from
- Mollie Matteson,Conservation Advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity.
- Don Winsor, Procurement manager for HHP Inc., a multifaceted forest products company located in Henniker.
The Timber Economy / Frogs
By Liz Bulkley on Sunday, April 9, 2006.The closing of two major wood processing mills in the North Country has created a challenge for forest managers. How do you sustain healthy acres of growth if there's no place to send your harvested wood? We'll look at that and the effects globalization is having on lumber producers in New Hampshire. We're joined by two guests for this conversation:
Jason Stock is the executive director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.
Will Abbott is the vice president of policy and land management at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
Later in the show, we'll talk to resident naturalist Rosemary Conroy about all the frog songs that are filling the New Hampshire air this time of year. It's mating season, and the vernal pools are filled with Peepers, Wood Frogs and many others. Rosemary will help us decipher who's making what noise.
State's Timber Industry Sees Renewed Interest
By Mark Bevis on Monday, September 12, 2005.High price gas and heating oil have driven up the demand for firewood as people look for more economical ways to heat their homes.
Jason Stock is the director of the Timberland Owners Association.
He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that after a couple of years of hard times, happy days may be here again for the state's timber industry.
The Treasure of Trees
By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, December 31, 2004.Rosemary waxes philisophical about trees, their many uses, and how we can balance utilizing and preserving trees.
Logging Jam
By Mike Arnold on Sunday, May 16, 2004.Falling wages, rising fuel costs, foreign competition and overbearing worker?s compensation insurance has put many Granite state loggers in a jam and the future of the logging industry in New Hampshire in jeopardy. We'll look into the history, challenges and hopes for loggers and logging in our state. Mike's guests are Don Quigley, Professor of Forestry at the University of New Hampshire's Thompson School, and Jasen Stock, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.
A Visit to the Northern Forest Heritage Park
By John Walters on Sunday, August 18, 2002.The park is located in Berlin, just up the road from the pulp mill. It celebrates the history and the people of the North Country's logging industry. It's also part of an effort to diversify Berlin's economic base and to make it a torist destination. We get a tour of the NFHP from director Dave Thurlow. Park events and more at www.northernforestheritage.org
Forest Service Quarantines Coos County Pine
By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, November 27, 2001.As if the North Country's timber industry hasn't already taken enough hits, State officials have announced a quarantine of pine logs coming out of Coos County.
The Quarantine begins January 1st. The Cause is a little bug called the pine shoot beetle. But Jennifer Bofinger with NH's Division of Forests and Lands tells NHPR's Mark Bevis, she doesn't expect the quarantine to have a serious effect on the timber industry.
