Wisconsin Haulers Gain Bypass Approval

Officials with the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn. (GLTPA) note that after a pilot program conducted last year, the State of Wisconsin and PrePass worked out the kinks so qualified forestry haulers can obtain the same bypass privileges as other carriers....

Wisconsin Loggers Holding Off On Timber Harvests

Some northern Wisconsin loggers are putting off timber harvests. The prices for timber products they deliver have fallen over the past eight months. Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Executive Director Henry Schienebeck said some loggers are holding off on...

Oil Boom Thins The Ranks Of Loggers In Wisconsin

This is an interesting time in the Wisconsin logging business, one of the state’s signature industries. Sawmills are looking for logs and the logging industry is looking for loggers. “It’s a smidge more complicated than that but, yes, you could say there...