by Web Editor | Mar 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
A commercial logging bill left “in limbo” has been declared dead for the session. Senate Bill 270, which would have allowed commercial logging in state parks to pay for park maintenance, was left in the Senate’s Natural Resources Committee about three weeks ago, when...
by Web Editor | Apr 3, 2017 | News, News/PR
After witnessing his youngest son, Cole, get crushed to death in a 2014 logging accident in Washington state, Tim Bostwick is convinced the industry is unsafe for teens. “He was barely just 18 and I got him the job – that’s something I’ve got to live with the rest of...
by Web Editor | Mar 13, 2017 | News, News/PR
Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has co-sponsored a bill that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work in logging operations under parental supervision. The Future Logging Career Act, which Poliquin introduced in partnership with Republican U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador...
by Web Editor | Jul 31, 2015 | News, News/PR
Recently, Maine’s Second District Congressman, Bruce Poliquin, introduced the Securing America’s Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act. “Maine is home to the best loggers and truckers in the Country,” said Congressman Bruce Poliquin. “Unfortunately, the...
by Web Editor | Sep 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
Politics aside, a logging bill now halfway through Congress would transform the Montana logging industry from a trickle to a torrent. The Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act envisions a six-fold increase in timber harvest from Montana’s nine national...
