Welcome to this week’s update from the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast! As we head into fall, 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
✔ 2024 MLOFT Graduation!
✔ Logger’s Voice Fall Edition Now Available
✔ PLC Launches New Website
MAINE NEWS & EVENTS
✔ Maine News Clips
VERMONT NEWS & EVENTS
✔ Sponsorship Opportunity, 12/6: VT Legislative Breakfast
✔ Vermont News Clips
MEMBER BENEFITS
✔ Member Discounts
MLOFT 2024 Graduation!
Congratulations to our 2024 MLOFT Graduates! Students graduated Thursday at the Kennebec Valley Community College Farm in Fairfield. Graduates included Coltran Austin of Norridgewock; Ryan Bean of Troy; Connor Ennis of Millinocket; Daniel Higgins of Masardis; Andrew McDonough of Palmyra; Nick Rowe of New Vineyard; Benjamin Smith of Dexter; Dakota Sutherland of Ashland; Chance Tibbetts of Mercer; and Aliya Cox of Montville. You can read the full story below. Well done!
The Logger’s Voice Fall Edition Now Available!
The Fall 2024 edition of The Logger’s Voice is now available! Copies have been mailed out!
PLC Launches New Website
Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our redesigned website: www.plcloggers.org
Our revamped platform is all about YOU, featuring:
✔️User-Friendly Navigation: Easily access important information and resources.
✔️Simplified Member Portal: Streamlined registration and renewal processes.
✔️Enhanced Resources: Discover better tools and information to support your needs.
We invite you to explore the new site and see all it has to offer. Your feedback means the world to us, so let us know what you think!
Just added! Our new Events Page and calendar CLICK HERE to check it out!
Please contact us if you encounter any issues with the new site!
Maine News
Maine News Clips
📌 How the Forest Society of Maine Became One of the Nation’s Largest Land Trusts
📌 UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
📌 Fox22: Maine’s only logging operations college training program graduates latest class
📌WABI: Students graduate from Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking Program
Vermont News
Vermont News Clips
📌 Vermont Climate Action Plan’s update is available to the public
📌 Assistance for Flood Damage to Farmland and Forests | Vermont Business Magazine
📌 New conservation easement helps protect 6250 acres of ‘forever-wild’ lands
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!