Copperhead Road Logging and Lumber is a third-generation wood business owned by Joe and Jane Jewett.  Joe's grandfather, Leo, started out logging and running a sawmill.  Joe's father, Raymond, expanded the business into production aspen pulpwood logging.  Today, Joe has diversified and in addition to pulpwood sells firewood, hardwood logs, and carving and craft wood.  Most of the carving and craft wood comes from hardwood thinnings on Aitkin County public land.  The county has achieved SmartWood certification for their sustainable management of the public forest lands.

    Joe uses a WoodMizer bandsaw mill LT40HD for all his sawing.  The bandsaw has a narrow kerf, which wastes very little wood and produces a smooth sawn board.  Precision blade height adjustment allows Joe to produce board thicknesses in 1/8" increments.

    The whole family helps out with stacking lumber.  Jane and Joe handle the boards, and their two daughters Selket and Sigrid are learning to hand them the "stickers," which keep layers of boards separated for air flow.
 

Copperhead Road Logging and Lumber Publicity:
 

Nov/Dec 2002 article in the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine

February 2002 interview on Minnesota Public Radio

Case Studies of Sustainable Living in Northeast Minnesota
 

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