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:
✔ Logger’s Voice Fall Edition Now Available
✔ PLC Launches New Website
✔ National Logger’s Day Oct. 12
✔ Maine News Clips
✔ VT Legislative Breakfast Dec. 6
✔ Vermont Forest Future Strategic Roadmap Legislative Tour
✔ Vermont News Clips
✔ Member Discounts Available
PLC News and Events
The Logger’s Voice Fall Edition Now Available!
The Fall 2024 edition of The Logger’s Voice is now available! Copies will be mailed out soon!
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!
Please contact us if you encounter any issues with the new site!
Maine News Clips
📌Sappi mill workers rally in Skowhegan over contract dispute – Spectrum News
📌Largest union at Sappi’s Skowhegan paper mill holds rally – The Portland Press Herald
📌Golden statement on successful push to pause EU point-of-origin rule, protect Maine forest products industry
📌PLC Member and Master Logger, William W. London & Son recognized as 2024 Cooperator of the Year with the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District
📌WholeTrees Structures: $1 Million Investment Raised From U.S. Endowment For Forestry And Communities
📌Woman killed in crash with unloaded logging truck in Wales – Sun Journal
📌Forest & Shade Tree – Insect & Disease Conditions for Maine October 9, 2024
📌Supporting America’s loggers, partners in forest management | US Forest Service
Vermont PLC Members Invited to attend Vermont Forest Future Strategic Roadmap Legislative Tour
Vermont Members, you are invited to attend an upcoming Legislative Tour designed to support the implementation of the Vermont Forest Future Strategic Roadmap. This tour will offer legislators a firsthand look at the importance of Vermont’s forests and the strategies to manage them in a way that benefits the environment, communities, and the economy. A registration link is below, as well as details on the tour.
Tour – October 18, 2024
- Tour Stops:
- 9:30 – 11:30 AM – Bomoseen State Park, Castleton, VT
- 1:30 – 3:30 PM – Lawrence Pyne, Hubbardton, VT
- Details about exact location and talking points to follow as we get closer to the date
- Lunch: We’ll provide some options to have lunch together between the morning and afternoon tours.
Please fill out the registration form using the link below if you plan to attend any of the tour stops, and we’ll send more details as the date approaches.
Vermont News Clips
📌In new plan for Worcester Range, state attempts to balance logging and preservation
📌How you can comment on Vermont’s new state land management plan – MSN
📌Letter: Halt the Notch Reservoir Logging Project – iBerkshires.com
📌COMMENTARY: State’s new Worcester Range plan halts a century of forest recovery
📌Supporting America’s loggers, partners in forest management | US Forest Service
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!