PLC Supporting Member Weekly Update July 12, 2024
PLC News & Events:
- The Loggers Voice – 2024 Summer Edition
- PLC 2024 Log A Load Golf Tournaments – Register And Sponsor Now
- PLC’s Executive Director Guest Panelist at Skowhegan Savings Economic Forum
- Paul Miller Receives Master Logger Supporter’s Award
- Maine News Clips
- Vermont News Clips
Member Benefits:
PLC News and Events
PLC 2024 Log A Load Golf Tournaments!
The Northern Tournament is now full! Sponsorships remain available!
Team spots and sponsorship opportunities remain for the Southern Tournament!
The PLC is excited to announce that it is time to register for the 2024 Log A Load for Kids Golf Tournaments and the Northern Tournament has already sold out for team spots! (There is still a wait list though!) This year, the tournaments will be held Aug. 23 in Lovell, ME and Sept. 13 in Lincoln, ME. Register now and let’s help the kids and their families! Links for registration and sponsorship opportunities are below. See you at the tournaments!
Aug. 23, Kezar Lake Country Club, Lovell
Sept. 13, JATO Highlands Golf Course, Lincoln
If you prefer to register for the southern tournament by mail, print and fill out the registration form on the pdf below:
PLC’s Executive Director Guest Panelist at Skowhegan Savings Economic Forum
On Wednesday July 10th, PLC Exec. Director Dana Doran was a guest panelist for Skowhegan Savings Bank’s Economic Forum. The event held at Bigelow Brewing featured a panel discussion by state and local experts sharing their insights on Central Maine’s economic outlook. Dana shared the stage with Heather Johnson, the Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Aaron Bolster, President and Broker of Allied Realty, and Kristina Cannon, the President and CEO of Main Street Skowhegan. They discussed a variety of topics including the state of the economy, significant regional investment projects, the importance of innovation in the forestry sector and real estate market in Central Maine. It was a great opportunity for the PLC to share the struggles and successes of the logging and forest trucking industry.
Paul Miller Receives Master Logger Supporter’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Forestry
Rockport, ME — Paul Miller, a distinguished figure in the Northeast’s forestry industry, has been honored with the 2024 Master Logger Supporter’s Award, which is presented to outstanding supporters of the Northeast Master Logger® Certification Program.
This award recognizes his significant contributions to the Master Logger program and to sustainable forestry.
Miller graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in Forest Management in 1972. He gained valuable experience at Sewall Company and Shyka Surveying before embarking on a 24-year career with Great Northern Paper Company. He also served as the forest manager for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and worked with the Small Woodland Owners of Maine (today Maine Woodland Owners) before launching his own consulting business in Washington, ME.
In 2001, Miller began his work with the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNEF) as the lead Master Logger certification auditor. It is estimated that Miller has performed well over 250 audits during his tenure with TCNEF. He also coordinated the distribution of audits based on geographic location, a task that required significant logistical skills.
Miller’s dedication to the Master Logger program is clearly evident.
“I thoroughly enjoy working with the Master Logger program,” Miller said. “The value the program has brought to this region is immense, and I see it every day in the quality of loggers in this region. I do this work for loggers. I enjoy working with them. They have an incredibly hard job, and I hope my work as an auditor has made a difference.”
From TCNEF’s perspective, Miller’s work has been instrumental in advancing the Master Logger program to its current level as the gold standard for professionalism in the logging industry today.
The award was presented during the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNEF) 2024 Annual Meeting on Friday, May 10, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, ME.
The event was attended by dozens of Master Logger certified companies from Northeast states.
For more information on the Master Logger program visit masterloggercertification.com
Maine News Clips
Pilot program will pay Maine’s big forest owners to increase carbon storage
Maine Forestry Museum announces 2024 Logging Hall of Fame Inductees – The Irregular
Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety
Québec government invests $1.15 million to support conversion of forest biomass into energy
Inside Innovation: Move over 3D concrete houses, there’s a new kid on the block
PLC Guest column: Brunswick loggers just doing their job If unable to access this link you may read the text of the column HERE
Forest & Shade Tree – Insect & Disease Conditions for Maine June 21, 2024
Town leaders meet with Brunswick residents over logging concerns
Vermont News Clips
Okemo State Forest Healdville | Legals | rutlandherald.com
Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety
Timber companies can’t log former Elliott State Forest parcel, appeals court affirms
Move Forward Together Vermont | Morning Ag Clips
‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds a Vermont maple syrup boom amid the climate crisis
Officials: Vermonters should prepare to protect their lungs with Quebec fires expected again
Climate change is bringing more ticks and tick-borne disease to Vermont. But it’s not the full story
Forest Service Abandons Plans to Log Sensitive Area of Nantahala National Forest
Why firefighters burn hundreds of acres in the Green Mountains each spring
Member Benefits
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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