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February 2, 2016

Endangered species in U.S: lumberjacks

  • The number of logging equipment operators is expected to stay about the same but the number of lumberjacks who cut down trees by hand is projected to decline 17 percent by 2024.
    • By WILSON RING
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Wilson Ring [enlarge]
    Logs destined for a mill are unloaded at a satellite wood yard in Harwick, Vt. The owner of the yard, Ken Davis, said he isn’t sure what he’ll do with his business when he retires because none of his employees want to take it over. Experts said it’s a problem as loggers age and fewer young people take it up.

    GREENSBORO, Vt. — In the snowy woods of northern New England and other forested parts of the country, the lumberjack is an endangered species.


     
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