Vista Restoration Using a Skyline Logging System


The purpose of this exercise is to introduce students to the operation of a skyline logging system as well as to assist the National Park Service in the restoration of vistas along 50 miles of carriage roads in Acadia National Park.

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Wood on the move The tower Setting up the cable logging system Ross in the cab
Wood on the move Choking a log Carriage at work Chipping

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