Mild winter weather is hurting Upper Peninsula lumber operations, delaying the freezing of the ground that allows loggers to do their job.
Industry observers say the freeze that makes the ground solid enough to allow logging hasn't arrived yet.
An executive at the Keweenaw Land Association in Ironwood says about 75 percent of his logging crews are idle.
Logging activity has slowed in the Ottawa National Forest, which covers about one million acres in the western Upper Peninsula.WWMT News
