They had a competitor in the firewood business, West Range Reclamation, which also had extensive logging and timber harvesting operations from New Mexico to Wyoming. Eventually, they began supplying packaged firewood to West Range and operated almost as a subsidiary to the larger company. The owner of West Range later bought their business, and both Timmins and Dubitzky worked for the new owner for a couple of years.

                “Love it,” said Aaron. “It is absolutely the best job in the world. The schedule is amazing, the people are great, and you’re able to help the community.” And he likes the job security of working for a local government.

Folks we need to get our ducks in a row in Whitehorse but they’re swimming all over the place. We need a person who understands the subject. Wild fire is an issue in Whitehorse and some other communities like Haines Junction. Residents in Fort Mac did not want any trees cut and look what took place. I studied forestry at UFA but have very little experience in wild fires but worked on them in Alberta. From the people in the know Whitehorse could be a fire trap for a number of reasons. One road in, one road out. Look at Fort Mac which was dangerous. No fire break structures to control wild fires, which Fort Mac did not have either. If we have a dry summer like 2004 and have all the fires we had back then, we can be in deep trouble as a city. I don’t understand why the City mayor and city council does not want to protect our residents from harm like this. The Yukon Government has information on dangerous situations but we are sleep walking into a situation that could harm Yukoners like Fort Mac and other fires in Canada and US.

GreenMech’s Arborist 150p, fitted with a 37hp Briggs & Straton Petrol engine, can offer comparable performance to the higher horse-powered diesel of the existing Arborist 150, but at a much-reduced cost. It features a generous 970 x 790mm in-feed chute to accommodate a 150mm chipping capacity, while the 150mm x 230mm letterbox-style in-feed throat opening makes light work of brash and heavily forked branches. The Arb 150p also comfortably meets the sub-750kg towing restrictions.

                There’s a fundamental sentiment that carries Gordon through his day. “Our handshake is our word and our reputation is more important than a sale.”

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And natural trees have other impacts. In 2009, Scientific American specifically called out the Christmas tree industry for greenwashing, because growers’ press releases touted carbon uptake from Christmas tree plantations while ignoring pesticide use and carbon dioxide emissions from plantation management, harvesting and shipping.

Realizing he was just seconds away from serious harm, Blaney said he had to jump off the ground onto a small platform at the mouth of the wood chipper to avoid “going in head-first.”

A wood chipper is a machine used for producing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips.The wood chippers are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine from 3 horsepower (2.2 kW) to 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). There are also high power chipper models mounted on trucks and powered by a separate engine. These models usually also have a hydraulic crane,

                In addition to responding to fires in the city, he and other firefighters also perform specialty operations, such as searches for lost or missing people, responding to hazardous materials spills, extricating accident victims from motor vehicles or machines, and various types of rescues, including on water, ice, in trenches. “We’re like the canary in the coal mine for the fire service,” said Aaron, 46.

The Joker does indeed get monkey-tossed off the construction site, but Batman fires a grappling hook into his trouser leg and hoists him to relative safety. Evidently the Joker uses a powerful Kevlar weave in his fanciful clown pants. It’s bittersweet, because we’re admittedly glad the character survived, but we know we’ll never see him again.

The Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a relentless assassin tasked with recapturing psychic warrior ninja River (Summer Glau) after she is boosted from military custody by her brother Simon (Sean Maher) and hidden aboard a junky spaceship with a crew of charmingly witty miscreants. Their irascible wit is not enough to stop The Operative from killing two of them.