Timber Titans

Heli-loggers are deep into their winter season on Vancouver Island; rain and fog threaten to strand two fallers on the hill; a crew races to get the wood out before the spring thaw turns the block road to mush.

The Duz Cho Logging crew has only days to finish their winter block before the spring thaw destroys the road. During the chaos, a giant sinkhole shuts down production. Meanwhile, Integrated Operations is rushing to find enough salvage wood to keep their jet-powered heavy- lift helicopter busy and affordable. Inland, the Peters Contract Logging crew has a recurring loader problem that forces them to roll the dice with a band-aid bush fix.

With the entire country experiencing the worst wildfire season in history, the Duz Cho Logging crew races to place a critical bridge on the block. After two months off, Freya Logging moves into their summer block under the threat of a wildfire shutdown. Setting up their high-tech fleet is marred by some unwelcomed ghosts in the machinery.

A rotten bridge forces the Freya crew to move to another section of the block, but the road is still under construction. The Peters crew is on track to finish Statlu by the end of the day, when an operator error threatens to shut them down for a while.

On the coast, the Integrated Operations team launches a massive selective heli-logging project in a community forest.

In the charred aftermath of one of B.C.’s largest wildfires, the Tŝideldel crew works to salvage timber from a scorched mountain.

In the heart of the Chilcotin, Tŝideldel crews salvage what’s left of a massive wildfire as part of a pioneering biomass experiment.

An atmospheric river hits the Fraser Valley trapping the Peters’ ailing yarder and shutting down production indefinitely.