• SA BlueDogForestry-HG-01302025,ph2
    Chris Porrovecchio, out of Gill, uses his horses Pete and Leroy to pull logs out of the forest in Chesterfield. Porrovecchio was working with Tom Jenkins, owner of Blue Dog Forestry in Westhampton. “We are salvaging diseased Hemlocks,” said Jenkins. “Using a big skidder could damage the residual trees. They just need more room to move than the animals do.”
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    Tom Jenkins, owner of Blue Dog Forestry out of Westhampton, and Chris Porrovecchio, out of Gill, get logs ready to be pulled out of the forest using horses and Ox. “We are salvaging diseased Hemlocks,” said Jenkins, “using a big skidder could damage the residual trees, they just need more room to move then the animals do.”
  • SA BlueDogForestry-HG-01302025,ph1
    Chris Porrovecchio, out of Gill, uses his horses Pete and Leroy to pull logs out of the forest in Chesterfield. Porrovecchio was working with Tom Jenkins , owner of Blue Dog Forestry out of Westhampton, “We are salvaging diseased Hemlocks,” said Jenkins, “using a big skidder could damage the residual trees, they just need more room to move then the animals do.”