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Horses in Oregon once again being used for logging

CORVALLIS, Ore (AP) — Horses are helping loggers reduce their impact on the environmentally sensitive areas of a wildlife refuge.

Hoffman Horse Works, owned by Blake Hoffman, and Kingfisher Natural Resource Contractors LLC, owned by Russell Macal, have been hired to help thin out several patches of crowded forest at the William L. Finley Wildlife Refuge south of Corvallis.   
 
Wildlife biologists overseeing the project chose a horse-logging operation because the animals do far less damage in the woods than heavy logging machinery, which can seriously compact the soil and rip up vegetation.

Read the complete article at The Daily News

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