MLOFT Instructors Needed!

Are you a retired or former logging equipment operator? The PLC’s Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program is looking for experienced operators to teach hands-on equipment operations this summer in Fairfield, ME. This will be one-on-one instruction in the woods, training the next generation of loggers. If you’re looking for a seasonal opportunity this summer, or recently retired, we offer competitive wages and benefits, including travel costs. MLOFT is looking for both buncher and processor operators and skilled crane and delimber operators. For details, please call or text Donald Burr at (207) 356-1541.

More than 1300 trained during PLC’s 2024 Safety Trainings!

The PLC has concluded its 2024 Logger, Fleet and CPR Safety Training series and we are pleased to report more than 1,300 loggers and forest truckers from across the Northeast received training at sites in Maine and Vermont! Thank you to all who attended, to our PLC Member companies who hosted the trainings, to the instructors, and of course to the generous sponsors who made it all possible. Looking forward to another successful year in 2025 and stay safe out there!

Logging News

The Logger’s Voice – Spring 2024 Edition

Read the Spring Edition

Maine News

Madawaska-Edmunston bridge set to open in June | Local News (foxbangor.com)

Massachusetts loggers to state: ‘Real tough time’ with no contracts. Others want forests preserved.

There’s unprecedented funding for fire prevention this summer | Maine Public

More than 2,700 acres of critical wildlife habitat conserved in Maine’s High Peaks Region in northern Franklin County

Biomass Thermal Energy Council Rising

Three Maine companies receive $1.6 million in federal grants from US Forest Service

Lumbra Hardwoods Inc. Regognized as Outstanding Sawmill by NELA

Maine Department of Labor Publishes Paid Family Medical Leave Rules for Public Comment

Never forget, all roads are private in the North Maine Woods – Bangor Daily News

The Pulse: Crossbow science reveals genetic defense against beech bark disease

Green Jobs Fair is coming back – Piscataquis Observer

Vermont News

Lawsuit seeks to stop two commercial logging projects in WMNF – NH Business Review

Massachusetts loggers to state: ‘Real tough time’ with no contracts. Others want forests preserved.

Forest protection group challenge commercial logging in White Mountains | News | eagletimes.com

Vermont schools eligible for advanced wood heating funds | State | reformer.com

Cutting forests for solar energy ‘misses the plot’ on climate action (commentary) – Mongabay

Program to store carbon in forests grows in the Green Mountain State | VermontBusiness Magazine

Stepping down as county forester, publishing forestry book – The Charlotte News

Chittenden County forester taps into new path – VTDigger

The Pulse: Crossbow science reveals genetic defense against beech bark disease

Member Benefits

PLC Online Store

Looking for great PLC items and apparel? Gifts? First Aid packs, safety items and more? You will find them at the new PLC Online Store on our web site. Ordering is easy.