VEDA - Thu September 19, 2024
VEDA Loan Program for Forest Products Business
VEDA recognizes that Vermont forestry and forest products-based businesses are a vital source of innovation, employment and economic growth in Vermont and have faced challenges related to unpredictable weather events and changing markets....
Canfor - Wed August 07, 2024
Canfor Announces Leadership Transition
John Baird, chairman of the Canfor Corporation board of directors, announced that Don Kayne, president and chief executive officer, plans to retire at the end of the year. Kayne has been with Canfor for 46 years and has held the position of president and chief executive officer since 2011....
American Forest Foundation - Tue July 16, 2024
Family Forest Carbon Program Expands Availability in Southeast
Family forest owners in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are now eligible to enroll in the Family Forest Carbon Program. Participating landowners receive income for implementing sustainable forest management practices proven to increase forest health and value while sequestering and storing more carbon....
American Loggers Council - Wed June 12, 2024
Bipartisan Legislation to Support Loggers Harmed by Natural Disasters Introduced
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, which would establish a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program to support loggers who have lost income due to natural disasters....
American Loggers Council - Mon June 10, 2024
American Loggers Council Signs Historic Memorandum of Understanding With USDA Forest Service
The American Loggers Council, the largest national timber industry association in the United States, has entered into an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with USDA Forest Service. This MOU formalizes future collaboration and recognizes common areas of mutual benefit....
American Loggers Council - Thu June 06, 2024
USFS Temporary Bridge Funding Program Guidance for Loggers
USFS's Temporary Bridge Funding Program is an $8 million multi-year (through 2026) funding program designed to provide access to temporary bridges and/or bridge mats to loggers, forest products manufacturers, and other qualified users through state and tribal agencies (unless designated otherwise by the state agency)....
American Loggers Council - Mon April 01, 2024
Safer Routes for Logging Trucks in Mississippi
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) secured a provision in the Transportation — HUD Appropriations Bill, signed into law March 9, to allow unprocessed agricultural commodities, including raw or unfinished forest products (e.g....
PacWest - Wed March 06, 2024
PacWest Machinery Makes Inaugural Showing at 86th OLC
PacWest Machinery participated in the recent Oregon Logging Conference held Feb. 22 to 24 at the Lane County Events Center in Eugene, Ore. A Pacific Northwest-based dealer representing Volvo and other heavy equipment lines, PacWest offers equipment and services for loggers, timber processors, biomass contractors and fixed mill operators in the region....
CEG - Tue March 05, 2024
Oregon Logging Conference 2024 Sees Record Number of Industry Attendees
Under warm and sunny skies, the 86th Annual Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) attracted record numbers of industry professionals, families, friends and members of the public. The entire Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene was packed to the brim with more than 10 acres of millions of dollars of equipment in the outside area and more than 150,000 sq....
Timber Harvesting & Forest Operations - Tue February 27, 2024
Equipment Innovator Paul Bell Dies at 66
Logging equipment innovator Paul Bell of Bell Equipment died Dec. 27, 2023. He was 66. Taking the southern U.S. pine plantation and natural stand conversion applications by storm in the late ‘80s with his odd-looking three wheel feller-buncher, Bell redesigned a machine originally meant for sugar cane plantation harvesting and turned it into a highly productive and flexible timber cutting system....
