When Brad Johnson and Derek O’Toole talk about horsepower, they’re talking about actual horse power. The two men are co-owners of Third Branch Horse Logging, of Braintree, which uses draft horses for ...

Oregon’s last horse logger and a family of foresters look to the future by carrying on a legacy of the past. Jamming a metal skidding tong into a log, Roger Daugherty draws the slack from his driving ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Brett McLeod and Camille Goethals from Paul Smith’s College share about how students and staff work with horses at the college in their forestry ...

Two hard-working Gypsy Cob horses are helping with conservation efforts - through traditional "horse logging." Bill and Little Ron have been lending strength to conservation efforts in Coedwig Dyfi, a ...

Some people know their calling from the very beginning. Nancy Van Wie’s had a good idea since she was a toddler. "My dad bought my sister a pony when she was about 12," Van Wie remembers. "I was three ...

SODA SPRINGS — A local doctor who owns work horses is offering wagon rides to add a bit of classic equestrian nostalgia to special events. John Franson, the Caribou Medical Center physician who owns ...

SAVOY — On a recent afternoon, Kristie Gentile was inside a chilly barn in her yard swaddling Little, a goat wearing a cast on its injured leg, in a blanket. They just had returned from a trip to the ...

NEVADA CITY - Three horsepower is all it takes to log the Conley pla ce on Lazy Dog Road. Percheron geldings Charlie, Quincy and Star, 2,000 pounds apiece of willing muscle, haul the pine and cedar ...