Supporting Member Weekly Update - Jan. 31, 2025

Welcome to this week’s update from the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast! We have important news and events to share that are vital for your business and the logging community. Let’s dive into what’s happening this week:

GENERAL NEWS & EVENTS

✔ RSVP for Maine Legislative Breakfast March 6
✔ PLC 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting – Reserve rooms now!
✔ Log A Load for Kids effort raises record $297,519 in 2024!
✔ Logger’s Voice Winter Edition!

MAINE NEWS & EVENTS

✔ Maine News Clips

VERMONT NEWS & EVENTS

✔ Report on Timber Trespass Enforcement
✔ Vermont News Clips

MEMBER BENEFITS

✔ Member Discounts

Join us for a Legislative Breakfast on Thursday, March 6 beginning at 7:00 AM.

All members are invited to enjoy breakfast and engage in important policy discussions for the 2025 Maine legislative session, free of charge.
Following the breakfast, PLC Contractors will stay for a PLC Board/Membership Meeting.

Details:

Date & Time: Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 am
Location: The Governor Hill Mansion 136 State St Augusta, ME
RSVP by February 21

Mark the 6th of March in your calendars! We look forward to seeing you there!

RSVP HERE

PLC 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting May 8-9 – Save the Date and Book Rooms Now!

It is time to block off your calendar for the PLC’s 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting, being held May 8-9 at the Samoset Resort in beautiful Rockport Maine! This is a free event for all PLC Members so don’t miss out! Book rooms now!

Hotel discounts available while space lasts

The Samoset Resort – Starting at $179 per night (Rates available for 5/8 & 5/9)
220 Warrenton St, Rockport, ME 04856
(866) 258-7247

***If you only plan to stay 1 night, be sure to adjust the dates accordingly***

Questions? Email office@plcloggers.org

Reserve Rooms Here

Log A Load for Kids effort raises record $297,519 in 2024!

The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast raised a record $297,519 for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals in 2024 through its annual Log A Load for Kids fundraising efforts.

The total shattered the previous record set in 2023 of $287,691, with the PLC’s two Log A Load golf tournaments and the Log A Load live auction at the PLC’s 2024 annual meeting raising most of the funds.

“It is remarkable that in a year which brought unprecedented weather and market challenges to the Northeast’s logging industry that the PLC’s Members, Supporting Members, friends, and families still rallied to raise a record amount for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals,” Dana Doran, Executive Director of the PLC, said. “This group never wavers in its support for these children and their families, and everyone should take great pride in this accomplishment.”

Read the full Release

The Logger’s Voice Winter 2025

Read The Logger’s Voice

Maine News

Maine News Clips

📌 Castlerock Biofuels selects Millinocket, Maine for renewable fuel oil facility READ FAQ ON THE PROJECT HERE
📌 Red Pine Scale: 2024 Trapping Program Results
📌 Trump tariffs may roil Maine energy prices and lobster, lumber markets
📌 January 2025 Logger News Online
📌 FRA Forestry Forum – Forest Fires, Can They Happen Here and is Maine Prepared? – Thursday, February 6
📌 MaineDOT Schedules Upcoming Traffic Shifts on Western Avenue at I-95 in Augusta
📌 UMaine awarded $1.8M to research tick mitigation through invasive plant removal

Vermont News

Report on Timber Trespass Enforcement

In accordance with Section 5 of Act 153 (2024), the Vermont Attorney General’s Office has submitted its Report on Timber Trespass Enforcement. Copies have been submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry; House Committee on Judiciary; Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy; Senate Committee on Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Agriculture. You may read a copy of the report by clicking the button below.

Read the Report