PLC Supporting Member Weekly Update March 22, 2024
PLC Events:
- PLC Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open!
- PLC Annual Awards – Last Call for Nominations!
Logging News:
- Warm, muddy winter wreaks havoc on logging industry – WCAX
- Maine Employers Summit
- Northeastern Loggers’ Expo
News Clips:
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
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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
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
Logging News
Warm, muddy winter wreaks havoc on logging industry – WCAX
The PLC is proud to report that the Vermont House Ag. Committee took a unanimous vote on Friday to endorse H. 624, An Act Relating to Providing Assistance to the Forest Economy. The bill, which includes $1 million to assist Vermont logging contractors with climate resilience measures and $45,000 for Master Logger scholarships, will now go the House Appropriations Committee this week for deliberations.
Thank you, PLC Board Members, Sam Lincoln of Lincoln Farm Timber Harvesting and Jack Bell of Long View Forest Inc., for your hard work on this legislation and to the Vermont General Assembly for recognizing the challenging operating conditions that contractors are facing. We remain hopeful that some much needed assistance will soon be available to loggers in Vermont.
Maine Employer Summit
What: A one-day event for employers looking for resources and solutions to workforce challenges hosted by the State of Maine in partnership with the Maine State Workforce Board.
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Where: Cross Insurance Center, Bangor
Who should attend: Employers looking for resources and solutions to workforce challenges.
Why attend:
- Connect with other employers, government agencies and State of Maine resourcesto help with workforce opportunities
- Discuss how to break down barriers to attracting & hiring specific communities
- Share best practices, challenges, and innovationsin creating a more inclusive, sustainable workforce
Maine News
St. John Valley tech center acquires new forestry equipment to train students
Driver killed when logging truck crashes into pond in The Forks – Bangor Daily News
Governor Mills Announces Plans for Construction of Manufacturing Facility at Former Jay Mill Site
Hundreds of trees to be removed in Portland to help protect others – WMTW
Using fire to manage forests in Maine | newscentermaine.com
TimberHP’s TimberBatt Helps Answer National Shortage of Construction Insulation – Morningstar
Portland will remove hundreds of trees to manage spread of invasive beetle | newscentermaine.com
This forestry practice makes ugly scenery on Maine hiking trails – Bangor Daily News
Timber company reopens shuttered Aroostook County mill – Bangor Daily News
Vermont News
Vermont loggers looking for financial relief from wetter weather patterns – Rutland Herald
SHC awarded nearly $1 million NBRC grant | Vermont Business Magazine
Community Tree Planting Grants – Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program
Telephone Gap project second comment period opens | Local News | rutlandherald.com
Danielle Fitzko: Striking the balance, managing Vermont’s state lands – Brattleboro Reformer
GMALL: Vermont Forest Bird Stewardship 101 | Community News | benningtonbanner.com
2024 NORTHEASTERN FOREST PRODUCTS EQUIPMENT EXPO RETURNS TO ESSEX … – Timberline Magazine
New grant funding to lead to thousands of trees being planted in Vermont – WPTZ
ALC Member Discounts
PLC Members, because the PLC is a member of the American Loggers Council YOU are entitled to special discounts! CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE
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Fabian Oil Discount
Wallingford’s Discounts
Maine Trailer Discounts
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PLC Members get a 5% discount on culverts purchased at Treeline and Frank Martin & Sons
Hale Trailer discounts for PLC Members on new trailer purchases! Call Neal at 207-232-7969 for details!
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