Last week, the Department of Natural Resources announced it was putting the Riley Rotor timber sale, about five miles southwest of the Oso slide, on hold for “additional review.” The slopes are so ...

VAIL — Helicopter logging operations will be taking place soon to reduce the wildfire risk on U.S. Forest Service land near the Intermountain neighborhood in West Vail. The project is part of a ...

He explains that this particular long line has a logging hook on its end and is rated to 10,000 pounds, but the helicopter can only carry a 4,000-pound load. He "comes out of the hole" (the landing ...

It takes a lot to fly pine trees off a mountain, but the cost of leaving them might be greater still. At least that has been the driving calculation behind the Bill Williams Mountain Restoration ...