Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine and Northern Maine Community College (NMCC) applauded this week’s announcement that $1 million in dedicated federal funding has been secured to expand the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP) in...
Mar 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – Recruiting is now underway for students in the 6th cohort of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP), which is beginning its next 12-week class June 27 in the woods northeast of Old Town. Students enrolled in the post-secondary...
Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine today released results of a survey of its members showing Maine logging companies have seen cost increases averaging 24 percent for parts, equipment, services, and fuel since January 2020. The PLC asked...
Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised a record $205,000 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2021 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fundraising efforts. The total shattered the previous record set in 2020 of...
Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
BANGOR – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its 25th Annual Meeting Friday, Oct. 29, raising a record $87,498 in the annual Log A Load For Maine Kids live auction and presenting awards to businesses, individuals, and legislators from across Maine...
Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
While the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Winter Fuels Outlook predicts rising heating bills this winter, Maine residents are in a fortunate position compared to other regions of the country, according to the state’s wood pellet fuel and logging industries....