Supporting Member Weekly Update – Aug. 8, 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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MLOFT Program Update

HINCKLEY, ME – The Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program, a unique hands-on training course that prepares students for careers in the logging industry, has begun its ninth year of classes at an active harvest site in central Maine.

The certificate program for operators of mechanized logging and forest trucking equipment will run for 20 weeks. Classes began June 23 on the Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Alfond Campus on U.S. Route 201 in Hinckley and will run through November 6. Students transitioned from classroom and forest instruction to equipment operation in late July.

“This program continues to address Maine’s shortage of qualified logging operators and forest truckers in an efficient and affordable way,” Dana Doran, Executive Director of the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC), said. “There is no better opportunity for anyone interested in starting a career in the logging industry, and thanks to continued federal support due to the efforts of Maine’s congressional delegation, as well as the generosity of industry sponsors and supporters including the Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation and Skowhegan Savings Bank, students are able to access this training at little to no cost.”

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

📌 Compass Vermont: National forest plan balances timber, trail use, protecting trees
📌 State foresters record first tree deaths in Maine from beech leaf disease | Vermont Public
📌Disputed Green Mountain National Forest logging passed – The Charlotte News
📌 FRA Issue Update- 08/01/2025
📌 Tracking a New Forest Pathogen – University of Vermont
📌 Long-range plan for Castleton forest is complete | Local News | rutlandherald.com
📌 Emerald ash borer now in every corner of Adirondack Park
📌 Wood Manufacturing Assistance Team

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