2019 Forestry Practices Tour

Background: Twenty-eight people attended the 18th Annual Timber Harvest and Forestry Practices Tour on September 4, 2019. Attendees toured a forest stewardship and timber harvest project on US Forest Service land near Heber City, Utah that provides wood to Euclid Timber Frames for the production of Interlocking Cross-laminated Timber. This tour included a visit to sites where spruce harvest, salvage and sanitation operations were underway. These actions have improved forest health by lowering fuel loads and bolstering the economy by providing wood for the construction sector. Attendees learned about sustainable forest management in Utah that is taking wood from “forest to frame”. A team of land stewards including foresters, loggers, landowners, and a mill owner spoke to the group on the tour. Tour sponsors included:

  • Euclid Timber Frames
  • USU Forestry Extension
  • Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
  • Utah Biomass Resources Group
  • Woodworks
  • Intermountain Society of American Foresters

Group participants
Forest lookout
Group participants observing area
Group participants observing logs
Group participants looking at machinery
Forest with machinery
Group participants
Interlocking Cross-laminated Timber staircase
Interlocking Cross-laminated Timber table
Interlocking Cross-laminated Timber beam
Bohn Barn
Group participants in classroom
Group participants waiting
Group participants observing logs
Group participants in classroom setting
Bobcat machinery
Machinery moving logs
Group participants sitting on logs
Bobcat machinery
Tree logs
Group participants observing machinery moving logs