A helicopter logging trial on the Whanganui River Rd this week is a clear signal that aerial logging is likely to become increasingly popular across the Whanganui district.
The heli-logging took place on a steep bluff overlooking the Whanganui River Rd, about 4km north of Parikino.
Feilding-based company, Forest Owners Marketing Services (FOMS), oversaw the operation and director Marcus Musson said it was a logging method expected to be used more often in the district.
"We're using this job as a trial really. It's an inaccessible spot where conventional logging recovery methods just don't work and it becomes hugely expensive," Mr Musson said.
He said FOMS had been working with the Australian-based helicopter company for the last few years.