<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=32greG_1GzrElA300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=32greG_1GzrElA300" width="1200" height="727" ></figure>MAPLETON, Ore. - Iron Horse Logging, Inc. was named Operator of the Year for Northwest Oregon by the Southwest Oregon regional advisory committee to the Oregon Board of Forestry.The company will be recognized at the Board's January meeting in Salem. Wood River Timber, Inc. from Klamath Falls and Lone Rock Logging from Roseburg also received the award for their respective regions.The award recognizes forest operators who protect natural resources and improve forest health while harvesting timber. Recipients must consistently meet or exceed requirements of the Oregon Forest Practices Act, which requires responsible forest management, stream and water quality protection, habitat enhancement and landslide risk reduction.Iron Horse Logging kept trees intact in multiple buffers on a unit above a wetland and fish-bearing stream, protecting both from sediment runoff. The buffers included new ones in draws leading to the fish-bearing stream, now required under revisions to the Oregon Forest Practices Act.The company uses tall yarders to bring logs up to a landing with minimal damage to soils. Iron Horse serves many landowners with difficult harvesting jobs other loggers often turn down because equipment to handle big trees has become rarer in recent years.The selection committee cited Iron Horse's careful attention to protecting forest resources and consistently good work over many years logging in heavy rainfall areas of the Coast Range. Josh Barnard, ODF Forest Resources Division Chief, said the selection committees had excellent candidates this year who went to great lengths to protect the forest environment."Many of the harvest sites this year had terrain that was quite challenging," Barnard said. "The Operators of the Year showed extraordinary care and diligence to protect slopes and streams."Barnard said nominees showed they could meet the challenge of working under new harvesting rules. The updated Oregon Forest Practices Act rules provide more protection for forest resources, such as wider buffers for fish-bearing streams and retaining more trees in especially steep areas.Merit Awards were also given to Perrigo Timber, LLC from Warrenton, J and J Timber Resources from Haines in Baker County and C and M Timberland Resources, LLC from Glide. Videos about each of the three Operators of the Year and three Merit Award winners can be viewed on ODF's website.</div></body>

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MAPLETON, Ore. - Iron Horse Logging, Inc. was named Operator of the Year for Northwest Oregon by the Southwest Oregon regional advisory committee to the Oregon Board of Forestry. The company will be recognized at the Board's January meeting in Salem. Wood River Timber, Inc. from Klamath Falls and Lone...

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MAPLETON, Ore. - Iron Horse Logging, Inc. was named Operator of the Year for Northwest Oregon by the Southwest Oregon regional advisory committee to the Or

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