Broken Arrow Low Impact Logging, LLC

07/24/2026

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07/10/2026

06/30/2026

So very proud of our grandson, Jack! Becoming a licensed arborist in the State of Maine is not easy. Jack passed both the written and oral exams with flying colors!

04/12/2026

Finished a woodlot in Silver Ridge in early March. Very heavy stand of poplar…quaking and bigtooth aspen averaging 2.3 trees per cord. While many trees were totally healthy, a good percentage had a “doty”, or rotten center. We also cut some fir studwood.

A note to landowners. This stand really should have been harvested about 10 years ago. We were very fortunate that this particular stand held together long enough for it to be cut. One extreme wind event over water-saturated ground, and much of it would have gone to the ground. When that happens, the result looks like a pile of “pick up sticks” and a subsequent harvest becomes very difficult and dangerous. Additionally, when big trees come down from natural causes, more damage inevitably occurs, as opposed to planned falling..especially large poppel. They clean out everything in their path.

Thankfully, everything held together and the cut and residual stand look beautiful. All that remains is to pull a skidder bridge once the ice is gone.
We’re in mud season now. On to a new woodlot in May!

04/10/2026

From our friends at the Maine Forest Service.

04/09/2026

Top shelf. Very detailed understanding of Maine and municipal Shoreland Zoning regulations.

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01/03/2026

Had a great summer/fall operating season, cutting in Oakfield again in 2025. Spent most of my time in hardwood and poplar. Did cut a few loads of big spruce studwood. Cut around some beautiful birch boltwood all summer, coming back to harvest once cooler fall weather arrived.

Had more excitement than we wanted back in August, when one morning we broke through the timber bridge over Downing Brook! With the help of Onil and Nick Beaulieu, and Joe Ledger, we replaced the bridge in 24 hours! Note the pic of maybe an otter (?) keeping an eye on me in the brook.

The history of the Oakfield area continues to amaze me. Several hundred yards away form the South Oakfield Road I found rock piles, barbed wire and page wire fences! I try to imagine a typical week in the lives of those folks.

We harvested about 25 acres, thinning and removing some large overstory, making room for the sun to reach the floor. Many of the aspen were 25” on the stump and had reached or exceeded their useful life. Likewise, many of the white birch had “gone by” and had to go for hardwood pulp. Note the pic with my grandson, Jack Philbrook, standing next to a big hornbeam…don’t think I’ve ever seen one that big!

As a CLP, I experienced an on-site SFI audit, successfully. We had a very enjoyable and satisfying operating season. As always, I’m very proud of the quality of the residual stand, water management and trail system.