PLC Supporting Member Weekly Update 3.15.24 | Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast

PLC Supporting Member Weekly Update March 15, 2024

PLC Events:

PLC Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open!
Welcome New Members – 6 New Contractor Members and 1 New Supporting Member
PLC Annual Awards – Accepting Nominations Now!

Logging News:

Recruiting is underway for MLOFT in 2024
Northeastern Loggers’ Expo

News Clips:

Maine – Latest News
Vermont – Latest News

PLC Events

Registration Now Open!

Register for the PLC’s Biggest Event of the Year!

The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC) is excited to invite you to participate in our 29th Annual Membership Meeting and Log A Load for Kids Auction on May 9th – 10th, 2024, presented by Acadia Insurance, Cross Insurance, and United Construction and Forestry. This year’s meeting, which we believe is the PLC’s biggest in history, is being held at a new exciting location, The Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine.

In 2023, we raised over $127,723 for Log A Load for Kids & Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, through our dinner and auction. Our goal in 2024 is to exceed that total, and we hope that you can help us make miracles happen! This year, we are also excited to announce a new partnership with the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital in Burlington as we expand our Log A Load reach and look forward to sharing our generosity with children in Vermont.

Registration is now open for the 2024 PLC 29th Annual Membership Meeting, Dinner and Log A Load Auction! Don’t delay, register now by clicking the link below!

May 9th

Splinters and Spirits Tour – Robbins Lumber and Local Brewery, Winery, & Distillery Tours

Evening Social Gathering – The Samoset Clubhouse

May 10th

Full PLC Board Meeting and Elections

Equipment Innovation Panel

Log A Load Auction with NASCAR Driver Ricky Craven

PBS America’s Forests TV Show Premiere Featuring The Mallett Brothers Band

Book Your Room Now!

Hotel discounts available through 04/08/24 while space lasts

Samoset Resort – $169 – $239 (Meeting location, rate for 5/9 & 5/10)

220 Warrenton St, Rockport, ME 04856

(Group Code)—051024plcm

(866) 258-7247 –The resort fee will be waived at checkout.

***If you only plan to stay 1 night, be sure to adjust the dates accordingly***

Questions? Email office@plcloggers.org

Book Your Room

Welcome New Members

Contractor Members

Blue Hill Land & Timber, LLC of Stowe, VT joined the PLC as a new Affiliated Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company is Master Logger® Certified and has a professional staff of 1. For more information contact Jed Lipsky at (802) 279-3993 or email lipskyjed@gmail.com.

Hawkes Tree Service of Phippsburg, ME joined the PLC as a new Affiliated Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company has a professional staff of 23. For more information contact Jarrod Hawkes at (207) 442-7444 or email jarrodhawkes@gmail.com.

JMM & Sons Logging, Inc. of Fort Kent, ME joined the PLC as a new Logging Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company has a professional staff of 9 employees. For more information contact Jerod McBreairty at (207) 436-0696 or email jmmlogging@gmail.com.

Pine Ridge Logging of St. John Plt., ME joined the PLC as a new Affiliated Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company has a professional staff of 2. For more information contact William Nadeau at (207) 398-4130 or email williamnadeau01@gmail.com.

Savage Trucking Inc. of Chester, VT joined the PLC as a new Forest Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company has a professional staff of 5. For more information contact Hanson Savage at (802) 376-6801 or email hansonsavage@hotmail.com.

Rowlee Farms Trucking of Reading, VT joined the PLC as a new Forest Contractor Member in February of 2024. The company has a professional staff of 2. For more information contact Dylan Rowlee at (802) 291-3548 or email rowleefarms@yahoo.com.

Supporting Member

Bob Williams of Laurel Springs, NJ joined the PLC as a new individual member in February 2024. Bob is a forestry consultant. For more information contact Bob Williams at (609) 221-0211, email bob@pinecreekforestry.com or visit www.pinecreekforestry.com.

Do you know a person or business involved in the logging industry who ought to be recognized for service to the community, outstanding professionalism or service to the industry? If you do, please NOMINATE THEM for one of the PLC’s annual awards.

PLC Logging Contractor of the Year Award – The PLC Logging Contractor of the Year award recognizes a PLC Logging Contractor for their commitment to the sustainability of the industry and logging as a profession.

PLC Community Service Award – This Award is given annually to a PLC member, Supporting Member or affiliated organization that has demonstrated a significant commitment to giving back to their community.

PLC Supporting Member of the Year Award – The PLC Supporting Member of the Year Award is presented annually to a PLC Supporting Member who has demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to logging contractors in the Northeast.

Nominations should be received no later than March 29, 2024.

Awards will be presented at the PLC Annual Meeting on May 10 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, ME.

A list of previous winners is available HERE

NOMINATION FORM HERE

Logging News

Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast and Northern Maine Community College announce recruiting is underway for Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking Program in 2024

HINCKLEY, ME -The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast and Northern Maine Community College (NMCC) today announced recruiting is underway for the Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program, an expanded version of their highly successful logging operations certificate program that now includes Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training.

The program will run for 20 weeks, from June 24 to November 7. Classes will take place at an active timber harvest site on the Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Alfond Campus on U.S. Route 201 in Hinckley. Tuition remains free for qualified students.

“This program has a proven track record of addressing Maine’s shortage of qualified logging operators and forest truckers in an efficient and affordable way,” PLC Executive Director Dana Doran said. “Thanks to Maine’s Congressional delegation the program has secured Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) support, and with planned new equipment purchases to support forest trucking for this year’s program, we are well positioned to provide top-notch instruction and hands-on experience for the incoming class.”

“This short-term training is the opportunity of a lifetime for people looking to learn equipment operation and earn a CDL,” stated NMCC Assistant Dean of Continuing Education Leah Buck. “To be able to learn both in a 20-week span is incredible, and thanks to a grant from the USDOL supported by Senators King, Collins, and Rep. Golden we can offer this training at no cost to the 16 students selected to join us this summer. I encourage anyone interested in the program to reach out and fill out the online application without delay. A career working in the woods of Maine is waiting.”

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