Editing Logging (section)

==={{Anchor|Full-tree logging|Whole-tree logging}} Whole-tree logging===
[[File:Zrywka drewna w Masywie Śnieżnika PL.jpg|thumb|[[Horse logging]] in Poland]]
[[File:Larix3T.JPG|thumb|[[Cable logging]] in French Alps (cable grue Larix 3T)]]

Trees and plants are felled and transported to the roadside with top and limbs intact. There have been advancements to the process which now allows a logger or [[Harvester (forestry)|harvester]] to cut the tree down, top, and delimb a tree in the same process. This ability is due to the advancement in the style felling head that can be used. The trees are then delimbed, topped, and bucked at the landing. This method requires that slash be treated at the landing. In areas with access to cogeneration facilities, the slash can be [[Woodchipping|chipped]] and used for the production of electricity or heat. Full-tree harvesting also refers to utilization of the entire tree including branches and tops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceres.ca.gov/snep/pubs/web/PDF/VII_C44.PDF|last=Weatherspoon|first=C. Phillip|title=Fire-Silviculture Relationships in Sierra Forests|publisher=[[United States Forest Service]]|place=[[Redding, California]]|volume=II|pages=1167–1176|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926065633/http://ceres.ca.gov/snep/pubs/web/PDF/VII_C44.PDF|archivedate=September 26, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> This technique removes both nutrients and soil cover from the site and so can be harmful to the long-term health of the area if no further action is taken, however, depending on the species, many of the limbs are often broken off in handling so the result may not be as different from tree-length logging as it might seem.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}