Areas of Practice
Wood chopping is practiced in regions where forestry is or has been an important part of the economy:
- In North America: in Canada and in the north of the United States.
- In Europe: in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, England, Slovenia, the Alpine region of France, the Basque Country, other parts of Spain (mainly in Asturias and Cantabria, but also in Castile and Madrid).
- In Australia and New Zealand.
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