WUWM

Built by timber: How logging shaped northern Wisconsin’s Indigenous nations

Northern Wisconsin is filled with towering trees that loom over its history and culture. The area has been shaped by logging since the 1800s. That history is celebrated in Hayward, WI every year with ...
Yahoo

Stevens Point researchers study new ways to use northern hardwood after 2020 mill closure

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forwarder loads cut logs on Monday, October 24, 2022, near Minocqua, Wis. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens ...
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Fewer customers, aging workers and growing costs just some of the hurdles Wisconsin loggers battle

HAZELHURST – Logging is all that Wayne Wagler has ever known, and it's the only job he's ever had. He loves spending his days out in the woods, working as his own boss. A little over a year ago, ...
Wisconsin Public Radio

As plan to repeal Roadless Rule advances, stakeholders skeptical Wisconsin will benefit

The Trump administration is proposing a repeal of the Roadless Rule, which protects portions of National Forests from commercial logging and road building. It applies to 69,000 acres of the ...
Stevens Point Journal

Stevens Point researchers study new ways to use northern hardwood after 2020 mill closure

STEVENS POINT — When the Wisconsin Rapids mill closed in 2020, it left a void in Wisconsin's forest products industry. Loggers struggled after suddenly losing such a major consumer of the region's ...