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 ...

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Regardless of your stance on this philosophical thought experiment, the greater question is what method of removal ...

At 3 miles per hour in a horse-drawn wagon, a Montana man is making his way across America for the fourth time. Lee “The Horse Logger” and his team took a break Sunday evening in Hominy. Lee and his ...

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 ...

Lee Crafton heads his team of horses out onto Highway 2, pulling the two trailers he's using to travel across the country. He spent Tuesday night in Priest River, Idaho, and was back on the highway ...

The dynamics of the 21st century global marketplace can be found everywhere, even a remote mountainside in the far reaches of western Virginia, where Ben Harris and his crew are harvesting large tulip ...

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 ...

"Sometimes you just have to wing it." That advice is dispensed by Lee the horse logger. Who is this guy? Lee is a Montana man -- he doesn't reveal his last name (it's Crafton for inquiring minds) or ...