Woody Tales, Tall But True

Enrico Hoover

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Enrico Hoover
01 March 2025

Memoirs; History; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; Outdoor survival skills

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New Zealand’s oldest and (for a while anyway), largest industry was Forestry. From European navies looking to re-mast their ships, to settlers needing to clear land for pasture, from building bridges to making houses, and then furniture to fill their homes, our first and biggest resource was timber. People were needed to manage this resource, and that labour was always in short supply. Enter the training schemes that would produce Forest Rangers, Deer Cullers and Woodsmen. For over 30 years, boys leaving school were invited to learn the ‘Skilled Crafts of Forestry’ and they attended a number of Woodsman Schools throughout the country. Not academic enough to go to Ranger School, too bright to be labourers, these guys were ‘hands on’ successful. Usually they exceeded expectations and many, if not most, became the backbone of Forestry’s management structure. The work was hard, the pay low, the food often terrible, but they thrived on learning new skills, which included everything from planting trees on land they’ve burned, to splicing wire ropes on heavy logging equipment. To building and managing the huts, swing bridges and tracks that DoC now manage today. To overseeing the log’s journey from nursery seedling to forest giant, from bush to sawmill. With the sale of Forests to private industry, the training schemes were abandoned in the 80’s but these men kept on doing what they had always done, they work hard and play hard. They were the WOODSMEN. This book is about their journey.

By: Enrico Hoover
Imprint: Enrico Hoover
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9780473738303
ISBN 10: 0473738309
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 01 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Woody Tales, Tall But True

Enrico Hoover

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