Supporting Member Weekly Update – Aug. 1, 2025

Log A Load Golf Tournaments – Sponsorships Still Available!

Get ready for the PLC’s 2025 Log A Load for Kids Golf Tournaments! These important fund-raisers are critical to PLC’s efforts on behalf of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the families served by them, and they are a lot of fun as well! WE NEED MORE SPONSORS TO MAKE THESE EVENTS A SUCCESS! Sponsorships are available through the links below. Don’t wait!

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Google Review Request – Tell Others Why You Support PLC!

If being a Supporting Member has been meaningful to you, we’d appreciate you taking a moment to leave us a Google review.

Your review helps others understand what PLC is all about, the value of supporting the logging industry, and how this work impacts our region.

Leave a review here: https://g.page/r/CY3zT3i6bgvkEAE/review

Thank you for being part of this mission and for helping us grow our voice and impact.

MLOFT Feller Buncher Instructor Needed

Members, the MLOFT program is seeking a feller buncher instructor for the 2025 Class! This could be a 3-4 day per week position if desired for the right candidate. Anyone with feller butcher experience interested in learning more about the position is encouraged to contact Donald Burr at 207) 356-1541 or ndburr@nmcc.edu immediately! Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

SLoCAMP is a grant-funded cost-share program created by the Vermont General Assembly (2024) to help logging contractors that work in Vermont implement proactive water quality protection and climate adaptation practices on their harvest sites.

Funded by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation and administered by the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, the program supports contractors in preparing harvest sites responsibly — with long-term forest health in mind. Applications are now being accepted!

Click the links below to learn more about the program and/or view a webinar outlining the program and the process for applying for a grant, and to apply online or download an application form. Anyone with questions about the program is also encouraged to reach out to Jeff Benjamin, Deputy Executive Director of Certification at the PLC. He may be reached at jeff@plcloggers.org or by calling (207) 688-8195 Opt. 2.

Vermont News Clips

📌 Logging contractors group hires certification coordinator – Vermont Business Magazine
📌 Demand for automation in wood stoves moves forward in Europe, but could be sidelined in the U.S.
📌 USDA grants record amount to biomass thermal projects
📌 Tracking a New Forest Pathogen – University of Vermont
📌 New York warns of invasive species on shores of Lake Champlain – WCAX
📌 VT Forest Industry News – July 2025
📌 The Northern Logger Newsletter
📌 Forest Service passes controversial logging in Green Mountains
📌 FRA – Strengthening the Wood Supply Chain and Logger Workforce

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