<P> Logging is the cutting, skidding, on - site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars . </P> <P> In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used narrowly to describe the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard . In common usage, however, the term may cover a range of forestry or silviculture activities . </P>

The process of cutting down trees is called