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Helicopter Logging in the Bill Williams Mountain Restoration Project

Helicopter Logging in the Bill Williams Mountain Restoration Project: A Case Study

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Helicopter logging has emerged as a viable and effective solution for timber harvesting in challenging terrains. A prime example of this is the Bill Williams Mountain Restoration Project, where this innovative method has been successfully employed to thin hundreds of acres of dense forest on steep slopes. The Bill Williams Mountain Restoration Project The Bill Williams Mountain Restoration Project is …

Then & Now: Helicopter Logging

Helicopter Services - Lifts

History of the Industry The first report of helicopter logging was tested in Scotland in 1956. They used a small Bell 47G that only has a lift capability of 600 pounds. Other tests were made in Canada and Russia in the 1950s. Due to the limited load capacity of these aircraft, the tests were proved to be economically inefficient. The …