Oregon Forester Vanessa McKinney shares how she became a forester, her love for forest photography, and her hope of inspiring more women to work in the industry.
Read More “Meet Vanessa: Forester, Photographer and Dog Lover for Life”Working forests play a critical role in the quantity and quality of America’s water supply. We look at how the forestry industry not only protects water, but takes a proactive role in improving water supply.
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Dangerous tasks that took loggers hours or even days on steep mountainsides can now be safely done in minutes, thanks to powerful new drones.
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What is tower logging and how does it work? In this article, we help you understand how this steep slope logging technique works.
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Winch assist machines are improving logger safety on some of the toughest sites to log. They serve as an anchor for heavy equipment, making it possible to log many steep slopes from the safety of a cab rather than having to cut trees on foot. In this story, we show how a winch-assist system works.
Read More “Winch-Assisted Logging Boosts Safety on Steep Terrain”Rayonier foresters spend more time planting trees than they do harvesting them. We look at the extensive planning and location-specific methods we use for planting trees in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the U.S. South and New Zealand.
Read More “Rayonier Foresters Plant Millions of Trees Every Year”Olivia Johnson says more women and minorities are enrolling in forestry programs, bringing a new level of workforce diversity that will enrich the industry in the years to come.
Read More “UF Student: Workforce Diversity will Benefit Next Generation of Foresters”Rayonier relies on a talented team of forest engineers to plan harvests and maintain our private roads and bridges across hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pacific Northwest, always with protecting the environment in mind.
Read More “Forest Engineers Build 100s of Eco-Friendly Roads & Bridges”
A Rayonier biometrician and a French forestry engineer are collaborating on a project they hope inspires other researchers to seek insight from their peers around the globe.
Read More “Forestry Researchers Connect Across the World”Rayonier has invested millions of dollars to open more than 200 miles of stream habitat to salmon in the Pacific Northwest. We take you on site to one of our restoration projects.
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Thinning trees is a common practice in forest management that removes full rows of trees. We take you into the forest to show you how, much like weeding a garden, this operation has important benefits for our crop trees.
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Cruising timber is a critical tool in forest management, informing an entire forestry company about its inventory. In this article, two foresters explain how cruising works and why it’s so important.
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Drones have become an important part of Rayonier’s forestry operations. Our drone pilots share how they use this tool to gain a new perspective in the field.
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Zack Jones took the initiative to build a real-time reporting tool that’s become a game-changer for the forestry team. He saw the need within the organization for better reporting and visualization around the company’s mobile land management software system and did something about it.
Read More “Rayonier IT Manager Creates “Game-Changer” for Forestry Team”Rayonier’s genetic research team offers a behind-the-scenes look at how we use a carefully-controlled pollination process to breed our best-performing tree families.
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A decades-old tradition for forestry college students, Southern Forestry Conclave is an action-packed event that brings over a dozen schools together to compete.
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Rayonier is proud to welcome the Florida Forestry Teachers’ Tour to our land every year to learn about sustainable forestry. This intensive school teachers’ learning experience allows educators to gain a deep understanding of the important role forestry plays in the world.
Read More “Teaching the Teachers About Sustainable Forestry”Utility poles are so tall, straight and sturdy, it takes a special tree to make them. You can’t simply grow an entire forest of poles: you have to find the top candidates. Our foresters explain how they locate, measure and prepare these valuable trees.
Read More “Where Do Utility Poles Come From?”Our forest rangers work year-round to prevent fires. During fire season, they’re ready to respond at a moment’s notice if disaster strikes.
Read More “Rayonier Forest Rangers Focused on Fire Prevention”Our genetics research team shows how grafting helps them save years of time in their ongoing quest to advance the quality of our trees.
Read More “Rayonier Researchers Save Time and Increase Quality with Grafting”