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
✔ Log A Load Golf Tournaments – Save the Dates and Register Now!
✔ MLOFT Program Underway!
MAINE NEWS & EVENTS
✔ Maine News Clips
VERMONT NEWS & EVENTS
✔Vermont News Clips
MEMBER BENEFITS
✔ Member Discounts
Log A Load Golf Tournaments – Save the Dates and Register Now!
Summer has officially arrived, and that means it is time to block off your calendars and register teams 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 families served by them, and they are a lot of fun as well! Don’t wait, team spots go quickly, mark your calendars and register now!
MLOFT Program Underway!
The Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) program began 2025 classes on June 23 in Fairfield, ME. Pictured here, from left to right, are MLOFT Coordinator Donald Burr, Mark Kirch, Tavish Campbell, Brenda Medcoff, Tyler O Turner, Owen R Northrup, Wesley Pipes, Zachary Pelletier, Shane K Scribner, Noah M Crummett, Kyle S Casey, Colby C Farnsworth, Brian L Snider, Riley Snowden, and Cedric M Chase. Absent from photo, Stormy Gillan.
Maine News
Maine News Clips
📌 White House set to roll back protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests
📌 How you can help stop the spread of Beech Leaf Disease: Nature News
📌 Hold Maine’s paper mills to higher standards | Editorial
📌 For Mainers, stacking firewood isn’t just a chore. It’s ritual, engineering and art
📌 Battles over public lands loom even after sell-off proposal fails – Maine Morning Star
📌 July Maine Nature News
📌 How Are Hardwood Sawmills Doing?
📌 $107 million roadway connecting I-395 and Route 9 opens to traffic
Vermont News
Vermont News Clips
📌 White House set to roll back protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests
📌 Scientists expect beech leaf disease to spread throughout Vermont this summer
📌 Smokey House Center welcomes Future Foresters Apprentices this summer
📌 Gish: Telephone Gap decision | Commentary | rutlandherald.com
📌 State urged to reconsider flawed planning process for the wild Worcester Range
📌 How Are Hardwood Sawmills Doing?
Member Benefits
Member Discounts
ALC Member Discounts
PLC Members, because the PLC is a member of the American Loggers Council YOU are entitled to special discounts!
Fabian Oil Discount
Wallingford’s Discounts
Dirigo Waste Oil
10% Discount on new furnaces. Contact Justin at 207-873-0881
Maine Trailer Discounts
Maine Trailer Discounts
Treeline Discounts
Click Here Discount Pricing on Skidder Bridges and Crane Mats
PLC Members get a 5% discount on culverts purchased at Treeline and Frank Martin & Sons
Hale Trailer Discounts
Hale Trailer discounts for PLC Members on new trailer purchases! Call Neal at 207-232-7969 for details!
Preferred Supporting Members
Enhanced Supporting Members
