by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 8, 2020 | News
The Conservation Fund has purchased 15,408 acres of Maine woodland from Chadbourne Tree Farms LLC in Oxford County. The primarily white pine tract was assembled by the Chadbourne family over 150 years and includes the site of what is considered the first sawmill in...
by Web Editor | Aug 27, 2019 | My Take
Maine Loggers Gain Right To Bargain But Will They Stick Together And Do It? Article by David Abbott, Associate Editor, Timber Harvesting September/October 2019 Maine loggers and wood haulers now have the right to engage in collective bargaining after Governor Janet...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
The nonprofit Wood Supply Research Institute (WSRI) has completed a six-month national study on the value of Certified Master Logger Programs, finding they have real worth to loggers and forest industry stakeholders, but face challenges achieving the recognition with...
by Web Editor | Oct 24, 2018 | News, News/PR
Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley company, recently announced that it will pay more than $1.4 million in premium dividends to eligible policyholder members of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine Safety Group. Since 1999, Acadia has distributed over $9...
by Web Editor | Sep 14, 2018 | News, News/PR
Maine’s only post-secondary mechanized logging training program will graduate its second class, of eight students, later this week. Friday’s commencement ceremony will take place in the woods southeast of Ashland, where the group spent weeks harvesting...
