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KEEPING MONTANA FORESTS HEALTHY

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2023 OLC Show Guide

President’s Message...................................... Page 8 Pre-Registration Meet and Greet................... Page 8 Sponsors......................................................... Page 9 Professional Logger Credits........................Page 10 OWIT Auction................................................Page 12 Celebration Party .........................................Page 12 Two Welcome Breakfasts............................Page 14 Guess the Net Scale.....................................Page 15 Keynote Speaker...........................................Page 16 Sawdust Bowl................................................Page 16 Scholarship Benefit Auction.........................Page 18 Chainsaw Art.................................................Page 19 Coffee Station/Food Locations...................Page 20 Log Loader Competition...............................Page 22 Desserts for Dreams Charity Auction..........Page 23 OLCF Scholarship Awards............................Page 24 Future Forestry Workers Career Day............Page 26 Family Day.....................................................Page 28 Oregon Department of Forestry...................Page 28 SAF Credits....................................................Page 30 ODF Operators of the Year (2022)...............Page 32 Program and Schedule ................................Page 34 Map................................................................Page 36 Panels and Seminars....................................Page 38 Resolutions....................................................Page 46 Exhibitors List................................................Page 48

Keeping Montana Forests Healthy

Ken Swanstrom, owner of Skookum Timber Harvesting, is well known for his goal of harvesting for the future good of Montana forests.

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Versatility Helps Keep Oregon Company Busy

Brian Thomas, owner of NWTL Inc. (Northwest Trees and Land), prides himself on the versatility of his company, which has kept him in business for 15 years.

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IN THE NEWS Oregon State Forest Designated for Research

The Elliott State Forest will no longer be a source of income for Oregon’s Common School Fund. The State Land Board took what officials are calling a historic step, creating the Elliott State Research Forest. The board also appointed the first board of directors for the new public agency, which will be established in 2024. It will oversee the research forest in collaboration with Oregon State University.

The Elliott Forest was caught between the financial obligation of the forest to support public schools and the forest’s potential to provide benefits beyond harvest revenue, said officials.

“Truly, this is a Margaret Mead moment that wouldn’t have happened without all of you working together – never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world,” said Governor Kate Brown. “Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

The vote was made possible by a payment of $221 million to the fund, which frees the forest of its obligations to generate money for Oregon’s public K-12 classrooms.

The forest will remain in public ownership, under the oversight of the new Elliott State Research Forest Authority agency.

“This is a day to celebrate the creation of the largest research forest in North America, the Elliott State Research Forest,” said state Treasurer Tobias Read. “The Elliott will provide a better approach for working forest management, improve conservation protections and, significantly, keep the forest in public hands. We can be proud that current and future generations of Oregonians will benefit from this valuable natural resource.”

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money funding schools to that of a research forest was the vision of the Land Board.

Officials say the forest will continue to contribute to conservation, recreation, education, the local economy, and more as a publicly owned, working research forest.

U.S. Suffered Above-Average Wildfires, Acres Burned in 2022

The number of wildfires and acres burned in the U.S. were higher than the 10-year average in 2022.

As of early December, 64,835 wildfires were reported in the nation this year, the most since 2017. They burned more than 7.4 million acres. That’s higher than the 10-year average in both number of fires and acres burned. The 10-year average for the same period was 54,091 fires and 7.1 million acres burned.

Scientists widely expect conditions to worsen in coming decades, the result of a combination of factors, including the warming climate, intense droughts, storms, forests

laden with trees downed by hurricanes, urbanization, and conflicts over how to manage land to prevent extreme fires.

Unexpected wet weather arriving sooner than normal helped curb bad fire seasons in New Mexico and Alaska. Fire season ramped up quickly in Alaska, burning 3 million acres, more than twice the normal, but a wetter than expected summer brought a quick end to the season.

A generally wetter than normal spring benefited the Northwest and Northern Rockies while conditions in the Central and Southern Plains were more active than normal.

Over the past five years, wildfires have torched more than 38 million acres across the country, destroying thousands of homes and structures. Federal officials say extremes in drought and heat, fueled by climate change, are drying out forests in the West and Alaska and are the leading driver of an increase in fire weather.

In northern California in 2021, the Dixie Fire became the largest single wildfire in state history, burning about 1 million acres and more than 700 homes.

Fire models underestimate how dry conditions are in part because conditions are hitting levels not previously projected until 2050, said Charles Maxwell, a research associate at Oregon State University. “When we start getting these juiced up droughts that are outside of historical conditions and aren’t in any of these future climate projections, that’s when things start to go out the window.”

Fueled by drought and warming temperatures, trees and forest debris are drier than ever and ready to burn more intensely, said Taro Pusina, a fire behavior analyst with Spatial Informatics, a California-based

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environmental think tank. Flames pick up and run faster. Fires burn hotter and longer.

A century of fire suppression — stopping fires and not allowing them to burn further — adds to the hazards, said Pusina, a U.S. Forest Service retiree who still consults on fires. Forest floors are stacked with decades of needle fall and dead limbs.

In California, a state that’s grown accustomed to months of smoky skies, mass evacuations and the ever-present fear of wildfire, 2022 felt unusual. A giant blaze or siege of simultaneous infernos – the events that have defined recent fire seasons – failed to appear.

By the time November rains brought relief to the drought-stricken landscape, slightly more than 360,000 acres had burned.

That’s a strikingly low number, compared with the 2.2 million that burned on average annually in California during the past five years, and only a fraction of the record 2020 season when more than 4.2 million acres burned.

The number of fires sparked remained similar to past seasons, indicating most were stopped before they ballooned in size.

Resource availability played a role, but so did helpful timing, as weather conditions continuously aligned in California’s favor, ensuring enough firefighters were available to battle each blaze from the onset.

“There is this element of luck to it – and this year, we got really lucky,” said Lenya N Quinn-Davidson, an area fire adviser with the University of California’s Cooperative Extension, a research institution.

Despite the welcome reprieve brought by fewer acres burned, the dangers posed by the climate crisis have not dulled. She and other experts say the perceived lull is more of an anomaly than a hopeful trend.

The question now is whether California will use the quieter-than-expected season to its advantage. “We dodged a bullet,” said Quinn-Davidson. “But now is the time to continue to think about fire.”

In Montana, due to early summer moisture and a later start, the fire season was a reflection of recent years.

Overall, this year’s fire season was “relatively small,” according to Julia Berkey, the community preparedness and wildlife prevention program manager at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

Spring rains lasted longer, helping to prevent a bigger season.

According to the agency, 2,063 fires burned 124,997 acres throughout Montana this year. The state spent $52 million suppressing wildfires.

About 44 percent of the fires were human caused. Air quality ratings statewide mainly stayed between “moderate” and “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”

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President’s Message

It is my honor to welcome everyone to the 85th Annual Oregon Logging Conference. And when I say honor, I mean it, as I realize how fortunate we are to be able to continue to gather in person and celebrate our industry.

Our connection with each is so important. We need each other, to learn from and with, to share our successes and failures, so we can all reach our common goals. Every year we plan the Oregon Logging Conference to be a way to keep up with current issues as well as an opportunity to gather and socialize with colleagues and friends.

Our theme: Green Trees Matter. Healthy Forests = Healthy Future, speaks to the core

of our industry. More than ever, today we recognize the importance of our forests and the products they provide. This reinforces something we’ve known all along, that we are an essential industry in today’s world.

Healthy green trees produce the products we all use in our daily lives. Fire, insects, and disease not only affect our resources, but our communities, recreational activities, riparian areas, the environment, and the overall economy.

Travis Joseph, President of the American Forest Resource Council, will be the conference keynote speaker. He will discuss the benefits of a responsibly managed forest and the cost (loss) of not doing so. Travis is

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Enjoy hosted beer and wine at this gathering, which gets the annual Oregon Logging Conference underway. Say hello to old friends and meet new friends at this event.

This is also an opportunity for those who signed up ahead of time to pick up their OLC registration packet. If you have not pre-registered and would like to get signed up, OLC staff will be available to help you get the necessary paperwork filled out.

Craig Olson very passionate about the forest, and we are pleased to have him as our keynote speaker.

We (my wife Kristi and I) have selected the Wildland Firefighter Foundation to benefit from the Desserts for Dreams luncheon at the OLC. Vicki Minor founded this organization after the tragic loss of 14 lives at Storm King Mountain in 1994. One of the fallen was a classmate of mine, Scott Blecha, and another was a neighbor of my in-laws, Terri Hagen. This foundation provides aid and resources to the injured and their families. Kristi will be hosting this event Friday, Feb 24th at the Graduate Hotel. Please join her and learn more about this organization and enjoy the treats provided by local restaurants and bakeries. The funds raised at this event will be donated to say ‘thank you’ to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.

I would also like to thank our hardworking volunteer Board of Directors. Again, this year, the Board has put together a quality list of presenters to cover current topics that affect our industry. I would also like to thank our equipment dealers, vendors, manufacturers, sponsors, and speakers, as it is your continued support and dedication to the timber industry that makes the Oregon Logging Conference a great success.

A complete list of activities and seminars can be found in the 2023 OLC Show Guide, included in the January/February edition of TimberWest magazine. This guide also includes articles describing events and activities in more depth, as well as food choices available and other information.

We are excited to see you all and hope you find value in the topics being offered at this year’s conference and camaraderie in your interactions with colleagues and friends.

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Earn Professional Logger Credits by Attending the Oregon Logging Conference Register and attend the Oregon Logging Conference to connect with others in our industry and learn about current issues.

Attending the interesting seminars and panel discussions is not only educational but will fulfill Pro Logger credit requirements.

As an industry that relies on a workforce that is highly skilled and up to date on current regulations and techniques, attending the OLC has its benefits!

Individual and company representatives can choose to attend seminars on a variety of topics, such as electrification of equipment,

engaging the next generation workforce, and business advice for today’s logging companies.

Turn to page 34 and 35 (the program schedule) of this show guide to see what seminars and panel discussions are offered, and then choose a combination to attend for earning credits. With a plan, you can decide how to receive the maximum number of Pro Logger credits available at the OLC. New this year, individuals are responsible for earning their own credits (Oregon Professional Logger – Qualified Professionals, OPL-QP and Oregon Professional Logger

– Onsite Supervisors, OPL-OS) and can maximize credits earned by planning ahead and attending seminars and workshops which are OPL-credit eligible. This new process means that credits may no longer be accumulated by multiple individuals within the same company; each person has to earn his own credits.

For example, on Thursday (Feb. 23) an individual can earn up to six Pro Logger credits (two for attending the equipment show, two for attending the Your Voice – Your Vote Counts seminars, and one each for the morning breakfast session and the Log Roll Out hands-on seminar. On Friday (Feb. 24) earn three Pro Logger credits by attending the Oregon Forest Practices seminar and additional credits by attending multiple afternoon sessions for a total of five or six credits, depending on how many sessions you attend.

As in prior years, a punch card system will be used to document attendance for earning credits. The punch card is included in the OLC registration packet and will be punched at the end of each seminar and workshop that a person attends.

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Oregon Women in Timber Dinner and Auction Date:

Wed., Feb. 22 4:00 p.m.

Location: Performance Hall, Graduate Eugene Hotel Cost: $65 per person, $550 for a reserved table of 8

Oregon Women in Timber (OWIT) is bringing the forest to the banquet room with the 32nd annual Talk about Trees benefit dinner and auction, to be held February 22 in conjunction with the 2023 Oregon Logging Conference.

Doors open and the silent auction begins at 4:00 p.m., the same time the Oregon Logging Conference Meet & Greet begins just outside Performance Hall in the Graduate Eugene Hotel conference center.

The Talk About Trees event has a cozy rustic theme and includes dinner at 6:30 p.m. and a live auction to be held at approximately 8:00 p.m.

In addition to the silent and live auctions, this year’s event will include a range of fun activities, such as the wine wall, partners in education opportunity drawing, and headsor-tails game.

All proceeds from this event go to OWIT’s statewide forest education program, Talk About Trees. This award-winning program provides free, hands-on education to students in preschool through grade eight to promote awareness and appreciation for the valuable, renewable resources all around them – Oregon forests. Since the Talk About Trees program began in 1991, more than 3.5 million students and adults have learned about a variety of topics, such as forest health, tree identification, renewability, and careers in forestry.

This auction is OWIT’s biggest fundraiser for the Talk about Trees program. Last year, with a sellout crowd of 450 people, this event raised $117,000.

Commemorative Pins to be Sold – Proceeds Benefit Education

Oregon Women in Timber and the OLC have teamed up as partners in education to

promote this year's conference theme, ‘Green Trees Matter. Healthy Forests = Healthy Future.’ You can buy the 2023 commemorative lapel pin featuring Coni-Fir! Each pin comes with a chance to win a $500 Hotels. com gift card. Only 100 pins will be sold.

The drawing takes place right before the live auction starts on February 22. You do not need to be present to win. Proceeds equally support the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation Scholarship Fund and the Talk about Trees program.

Partners in Education

Oregon Women in Timber also participates in the OLC by having a booth at the Future Forestry Workers Career Day and working with the Oregon Logging Conference and Forests Today and Forever to provide on-site school tours for local students. On Family Day (Saturday, February 25) OWIT joins in providing educational activities at the Wheeler Pavilion, and Coni Fir is expected to be there, too.

Oregon Women In Timber has seven thriving chapters: Clatsop, Coos-Curry, Douglas, Landing (Polk, Marion, Yamhill), Lane, Union, and Sweet Home High School. Check out the newsletter on the OWIT website for the latest information about the activities of each chapter.

Oregon Women in Timber is a proud, statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness of the importance of forests, trees, and wood products in our daily lives.

OLC Celebration Party Date:

Fri., Feb 24 7:00 p.m. to midnight Location: Playwrights Hall, Graduate Eugene Hotel Cost: $60 per person

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Food, music, and hosted beer and wine are included in the Friday night Oregon Logging Conference celebration. This dinner and dance are the way we party our way toward the end of another successful gathering of friends and colleagues.

Enjoy a hearty buffet meal and beer and wine tasting starting at 7:00 p.m. The buffet is available from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at which time the event comes alive with music performed by the local band Bump in the Road. You’ll hear all your classic rock, light rock and 1950s/1960s rock & roll favorites.

This event is sponsored by General Trailer and Peerless Corp.

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Two Welcome Loggers Breakfasts Sponsor: Tigercat Date: Thurs., Feb 23 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Cost: Included in OLC registration

Thursday

Sponsor: Papé Group Date: Fri., Feb 24 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Cost: Included in OLC registration

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This is the Oregon Logging Conference Opening Session breakfast. It includes the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation auction (see page 18) and also features Keynote Speaker Travis Joseph, who will talk about forestry and environmental conflicts and how Oregon can move forward as a leader on natural resource management.

This breakfast is sponsored by Tigercat.

Check out Tigercat at Triad’s outside display, where you will see the newest and most technologically advanced forestry equipment and get questions answered by professional staff.

Friday

A second hearty breakfast is served on Friday and includes a second day of the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation auction (see page 18).

This breakfast is sponsored by Papé Group. Check out Papé Machinery’s outside display. With more than 85 years of service meeting the needs of the forestry and construction industries in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, Papé has earned its reputation of excellence.

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Guess the Net Scale Contest is Expanding There is an expanded contest at Oregon Logging Conference this year. New this year, there will be two loads of logs in the Guess the Net Scale contest. What’s been added is a second load of chip and saw logs for you to apply and test your scaling abilities.

This is the 9th year for this contest at the OLC. Swanson Brothers Lumber Company in Noti, Oregon, is again providing the logs for one of the loads to be scaled. The log truck is provided by Leonard Maser Logging.

The expanded Guess the Net Scale contest this year will also include a load of chip and

saw logs. This load of logs is provided by Sierra Pacific Industries with the log truck from L & L Inc. and is sponsored by Southport Lumber Company in Coos Bay, OR. Both loads of logs will be scaled beforehand by a third-party independent log scaler using the official Log Scaling rules of the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group.

The rules and regulations for both loads of logs are: • One guess per person, guessing is free.

• No climbing on the truck or load of logs for a closer look.

• Net board feet will be determined using a Scribner, west-side scale.

• The person closest to the official scaled board foot volume of each load will win a $250 Cabella’s gift card.

• In case of a tie, the winners will be drawn from a pool of tied entries.

• The winners will be determined Saturday, February 25, and will be notified Monday, February 27.

Test your scaling skills on two loads of logs this year in this annual activity at the Oregon Logging Conference.

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Keynote Speaker Travis Joseph Date:

Thurs., Feb 23 9:30 a.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Cost: Included in OLC registration Travis Joseph has served as President and CEO of the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) since 2015. His passion is for healthy public forestlands and creating economic opportunities for rural communities in Oregon. As President and CEO, Joseph manages the budget, staff, communications, government relations, and the overall strategy of the organization.

Joseph was born and raised in Springfield, OR. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and international studies from the University of Oregon and a master’s degree

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in environment and development from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

‘Using Common Sense to Find Common Ground’ is the title of Joseph’s keynote address. He will discuss global environmental and forestry trends, highlighting progress and success in natural resources management. He will place Oregon’s forestry conflicts into this larger context, updating attendees on recent national and local laws that impact the forest products sector, workers, and communities. Joseph will share his personal story and experiences that continue to shape his thinking about and advocacy for responsible forest management, working families, and rural communities. Concluding his speech, he will provide practical tools and

resources to help the forest products industry and its proud workforce tell its powerful story of stewardship to change our current course of mismanagement of public forests.

Joseph spent eight years in Washington, D.C., working for the House of Representatives. He was a senior legislative aide, a senior policy advisor on the House Natural Resources Committee, and the Director of Northwest Policy for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

When Joseph is not in the office or traveling for work, he spends his time pursuing international adventures or exploring Oregon’s public lands. He also tries to attend as many University of Oregon Ducks sporting events as possible.

The Sawdust Bowl is a social tradition at the Oregon Logging Conference with hosted beverages for registered OLC participants. Reconnect with old friends and meet new ones at this event, held at the end of the day both Thursday and Friday. This is a great way to unwind after attending the day’s seminars and panel discussions, looking at

the equipment, and talking with vendors at their booth displays.

Make your way to the Performance Hall at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds both evenings and enjoy beer, wine, and hard cider. This is a fun way to relax after a day of learning and interacting with friends and colleagues.

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Scholarship Benefit Auction This is a two-day auction held Thursday and Friday, Feb. 23 and 24, at the breakfasts. Proceeds benefit the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation (OLCF) to provide scholarships. The scholarships help deserving students pursue logging-related careers.

The OLCF is a charitable 501(c)3 organization; donations to and purchases from the auction are tax-deductible (tax ID # 45-5045072).

Here’s a list of a few of the items donated:

Thursday, February 23

• $1,000 gift card toward purchase of pickup tires, donated by Superior Tire Service • Stihl MS 362 power chainsaw, donated by First Strike Environmental

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• Tigercat wooden model, donated by Skyline Models • One unit, i.e. radiator, charge air cooler, or oil cooler, value up to $3,500, donated by Radiator Supply House • Tigercat LS855e shovel metal model, donated by Blundell Metalworks • Oregon Women in Timber Champion Table for 10 for 2024 OLC, donated by Oregon Women in Timber • Tigercat 880 logger metal model, donated by Blundell Metalworks • Wood carving, donated by Little Bear Sculptures (Nick Myers) • Seats Inc. – Legacy Series leather truck seat, donated by TEC Equipment Inc. • Wood carving, donated by Chainsaw Buzz ( Jay Peppard)

Friday February 24

• Sears Atlas II DLX Series truck seat, donated by Papé Kenworth • Wood carving, donated by Bears Bears Bears (Wayne Lyon) • T800 Kenworth log truck & trailer wooden model with one-ofa-kind 85th OLC logo, donated by Skyline Models.

• AR-15, donated by Radiator Supply House • Tigercat I855e buncher metal model, donated by Blundell Metalworks • Husqvarna 372 XP with a 32-inch cannon bar, donated by Pacific Tractor & Equipment • Spill kit, donated by First Strike Environmental • $1,000 gift certificate towards purchase of tires, donated by O&M Point S Tire and Auto • Wood carving, donated by Sculptures in Motion (Ryan Anderson) • Traeger tailgate barbecue, donated by Western Trailer Co. A complete list of auction items can be found on the Oregon Logging Conference website, www.oregonloggingconference.com.

The Oregon Logging Conference Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships since 1968. The foundation appreciates the continued support from many businesses and individuals to make the auction possible in order to award scholarships. Together we are engaging the next generation of industry workers and leaders.

If you would like to make a donation to this worthwhile fundraiser, contact the foundation at (541) 686-9191.

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Chainsaw Art Created at the OLC Sponsor: Oregon Logging Conference Date: Thurs., Feb 23 – Sat., Feb 25 Location: Outside demonstration area, Fairgrounds It is nothing short of amazing to watch these artists at work! This year there will be four chainsaw carvers at the Oregon Logging Conference, turning chunks of wood into beautiful works of art.

Jap Peppard – Chainsaw Buzz

Peppard lives in Ocean City, Washington, and is a semi-pro wood carver with over six years of experience. He participates in the annual McKenzie River Chainsaw Art Festival, where he sometimes carves with his father, Mark Peppard. You may have seen his work in stores in the McKenzie/Vida area. Peppard is a regular at the OLC.

Wayne Lyon – Bears Bears Bears Wood Carvings

Lyon studied under another wellknown chainsaw carving artist, Mark Colp.

Originally from northern California, Lyon now resides in Ocean City, Washington. He has been carving for 25 years, and his specialties are bears and trees. He’s also known for his water fountain benches. Visit @ bearsbearsbears on Facebook.

Nick Myers – Little Bear Sculptures

Nick Myers grew up in Newport,

Oregon, where he learned wood carving from his father, Chris Myers. Nick has been carving as a semi-pro for over six years.

He lives in Eugene, Oregon, and carves in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Nick is known for the “cutest bears in the state of Oregon,” which was also his dad’s specialty. Visit @ littlebearsculptures on Facebook

Ryan Anderson – Sculptures In Motion

Ryan Anderson grew up in Reedsport, Oregon. He first picked up a chainsaw and began carving in the summer of 2005 to earn money to attend a marine biology school. He spent summers practicing and participating

in competitions and local fairs. After graduating he traveled back east, competing along the Mississippi River and winning some awards. He found that he loved what he was doing and enjoyed getting to travel all over the United States.

Each of these four carvers will donate one of their carvings to the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation auction, held at the OLC. Two carvings will be auctioned off on Thursday (Feb. 23) and two more on Friday (Feb. 24).

Come watch these artists create amazing sculptures with a chainsaw at the OLC.

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Food Locations A variety of delicious food selections will be available at the Oregon Logging Conference.

They are provided again this year by Oakway Catering and Concessions.

New this year is a meat pie food booth featuring Shepherd’s pie, steak and onion and ground beef meat pies, and sausage rolls. If you don’t have a lot of time, the Grab and Go Snack Shack in the north lobby of the Lane Event Performance Hall is where you need to be.

If you are looking for a cup of coffee and a bite for breakfast, head to the Expresso Café. It is at a new location this year, near the entrance in the main lobby of the Lane Event Center, next to the OLC Logo Shop.

There will be a total of six indoor food locations (listed below) in Performance Hall, Exhibit Hall, the Atrium, Event Center lobby, and Expo Hall.

Expresso Café

NEW Location: Main lobby of Lane Event Center, located near entrance Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Offering: Coffee and pastries, bagels, donuts, yogurt and granola, and fresh fruit

Food Concession Location: Hours:

Coffee Station During Meetings and Seminars

Exhibit Hall (south lobby) Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

• Breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and gravy Lunch menu starts at 10 a.m.

• Burgers, corn dogs, nachos, chili, and much more Daily Lunch Specials (while supplies last) • Thursday – Beef Stroganoff over egg noodles with dinner roll • Friday – Chicken or Carnitas Tacos with chips and salsa (gluten free) • Saturday – Pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and French fries

Grab and Go Snack Shack Location: Hours: Offering:

Sponsor: Wilcox + Flegel Date: Thurs., Feb. 23 & Fri., Feb. 24 Location: Wheeler Pavilion and South Meeting Rooms Exhibit Hall Cost: Free

Atrium Cookhouse Buffet

Get your morning started and keep your focus during the seminars with a hot cup of coffee. The coffee station will be in the Wheeler Pavilion for the Thursday and Friday morning breakfasts, and coffee will also be available in the south meeting rooms, where the seminars and panel discussions are held.

This coffee service will only be available during the breakfasts and the meetings.

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Performance Hall (north lobby) Thursday – Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Hot dogs, nachos, grab and go sandwiches, wraps, salads, snacks, and sodas, water, coffee, hot chocolate.

Location: Lane Event Center Lobby (entrance next to OLC registration desk) Hours: Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Price per person: $30, all you can eat!

Offering: A delicious buffet complete with salad bar and soup, dessert bar, and beverages. Buffet features smoked prime rib, chicken entrée, pork entrée, with side dishes, sauces, condiments.

Meat Pie Food Booth Location: Hours: Offering:

Expo Hall 1 (inside seating available) Thursday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Variety of meat pies, including steak and onion, Shepherd’s Pie, classic ground beef pie, and sausage rolls. Chips and beverages available.

Smoke House Food Booth

NEW Location: Expo Hall 1 (inside seating available) Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Offering: Smoked brisket sandwich, smoked sausage on stadium roll with sauerkraut, smoked macaroni and cheese. You can top your mac and cheese with brisket this year! À la carte pricing available or add on chips and a pickle spear to complete your meal!

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Log Loader Competition Sponsor: Triad Machinery and Link-Belt Date: Fri, Feb 24 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Sat., Feb 25 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Outside Display Area Cost: Free

One of the most popular spectator events at the Oregon Logging Conference, the annual Log Loader Competition lets you watch skilled log loader operators demonstrate their abilities. This is the 13th annual event, and it takes place over a two-day period (Friday and Saturday). It will determine who is the best at speed, skill, and efficiency of operating a log loader.

The competition starts with nine log

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blocks scattered randomly on the ground.

Operating a Link-Belt log loader, contestants have seven minutes to stack the blocks end-to-end, matching numbers or colors on the predetermined marks on the ground.

When complete, each of the stacks of three blocks must be properly matched and must remain standing for five seconds after the heel boom rack is lowered back to the starting point, or the operator will be disqualified.

These are the winners and times from the 2022 Log Loader Competition: • 1st place – Zane Bryant, Bryant Logging Company, 2:57:09 • 2nd place – Justin Jackola, Rice Logging Company, 3:34:16 • 3rd place – Bryan Chipps, Green Diamond Resource Company, 3:42:17

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Desserts for Dreams Luncheon to Benefit Wildland Firefighter Foundation Date:

Friday, Feb. 24 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Composers Hall, Graduate Eugene Hotel Cost:

This fun and delicious event includes a light lunch and desserts donated by local restaurants and bakeries along with wine, champagne, and non-alcoholic beverages.

The Wildland Firefighter Foundation is the charity that has been selected to benefit from the proceeds generated by the 19th annual Desserts for Dreams luncheon.

Oregon Logging Conference First Lady Kristi Olson invites you to join her at the luncheon and learn about this organization, which provides aid and resources to injured firefighters and their families.

This organization was chosen for the

benefit because of a personal connection between the foundation and OLC President Craig Olson and his wife, Kristi.

The Wildland Firefighter Foundation was established after the tragic deaths of 14 wildland firefighters at Storm King Mountain in 1994. One of those who was lost was a classmate of Craig, and another was a neighbor of Kristi’s parents.

A few of the local businesses who have donated salads, desserts, and other goodies are the Campbell House, SweetWaters (Valley River Inn), Ambrosia Restaurant, Graduate Eugene Hotel, Nothing Bundt

$30 per person

Cakes, Crumbl Cookies, Sixth Street Restaurant & Grill, Hot Mama’s Wings, Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, Red Robin Restaurant, Sip Champagne & Dessert Bar, and Gordon’s Tavern.

Tickets for this event can be purchased by calling the Oregon Logging Conference office at (541) 686-9191.

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Oregon Logging Conference Foundation Awards College Scholarships Two dozen college students have received $79,000 worth of scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year from the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation. These students are attending technical schools and 2-year and 4-year colleges.

Four-year school student recipients: Attending Oregon State University: • Matthew Scheuber studying Forest & Civil Engineering • Lace-Anna Shiffert studying Forest & Civil Engineering • Luke Donaldson studying Natural Resources • Lily Hull studying Forest Operations Management • Caitlin Wind studying Forest Management • David Hamilton studying Forest Engineering/Sustainable Forest Management

• John Nicholson studying Forest/Civil Engineering • Karissa Hadermann studying Natural Resources Forest Ecosystems & Society • Dylan Miller studying Forest Operations Management • Miranda Coy studying Forest Engineering • Benjamin Grittins studying Forest Management • Jack Glover studying Business/Forestry • Caleb Joy-Norman studying Pre-Forest/ Civil Engineering/Forest Engineering Resource Management • Christopher Trapp studying Forestry, Forest Management, and Forest Restoration Attending George Fox University: • Zakcrye Holsey studying Engineering Attending Grays Harbor College: • Hunter Hinners studying Natural Resources

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION TO THE 2022-2023 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Alta Forest Products Bell Lumber & Pole Boise Cascade Carl Welle Memorial Scholarship Cascade Timber Consulting Chapala’s Chula’s Mexican Grill Creswell Clay Target Club Dave & Rikki Wellman Debbie Randall Douglas County Forest Products Edge Construction Supply Flyway Forestry Giustina Resources Hap & Lory Huffman Hart Contract Cutting Heather Search LLC Jeanne & Dean Shuttleworth Jim Search John Hadaller Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Kriege Logging LLC Lone Rock Resources Modern Machinery Nelson Bros. Logging Ocean Terminal Oregon State Implementation Committee Papé Kenworth Papé Machinery Roseburg Resources RiverRidge Excavating Swanson Group Starker Forest Stuntzner Engineering Steve & Martie Munsell Shane Co. Teevin Bros.

Thompson Foundation Todd Bradshaw Western Forest Products Weyerhaeuser Co.

Two-Year and technical school student recipients:

Attending SW Oregon Community College: • Jacob Mitchell studying Forest Management/Forest Restoration & Fire Option • Joshua Theis studying Welding Technology (may attend here or Iowa Central Community College or Baker Tech) Attending WyoTech: • Gage Hanson studying Advanced Diesel Technology • Cole Taylor studying Diesel Mechanics Attending Linn Benton Community College: • Brandon Talbot studying Construction/ Forestry Equipment Technology • Hailey Whitfield studying Practical Business Management Attending Umpqua Community College: • Jake Gerrard studying Forest Management • Isaac Cherry studying Forest Management Since the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation scholarship program was established in 1968, approximately 450 scholarships have been awarded with a cumulative value of more than $1 million. Many of the students who have received these scholarships have gone on to play important roles in the logging and forestry industry. The OLCF believes it is important to offer financial assistance to students who plan to become workers and leaders in the industry.

The OLC Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2023-2024 college year. The deadline to submit completed applications is April 1, 2023. For more information visit www.oregonloggingconferencefoundation.org

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Future Forestry Workers Career Day This interactive and hands-on career day provides high school students the opportunity to learn about careers and the skills needed for those positions in logging, forestry, and other natural resource industries.

This is the sixth annual Future Forestry Workers Career Day, and again this year up to 900 students are expected to attend. This event takes place in the livestock arena at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds.

Forestry, forest products, reforestation, wildland firefighting, and heavy equipment operations are just a few of the career topics that students will be able to learn about.

Other subjects include diesel mechanics, welding, and trucking. Heavy equipment will be on display, and students can take turns operating a small excavator as well as a timber harvester simulator.

In the harvester simulator competition, high school students will compete with industry teams. The contest is sponsored by the Oregon State University College of Forestry.

The goal of this event is to develop support to provide harvest simulators and training to Oregon high school CTE (Career and Technical Education) programs.

During Future Forestry Workers Career Day students can talk with industry professionals and afterwards take a self-guided tour of the equipment on display at the

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Oregon Logging Conference.

Over the years, many teachers have remarked how much their students look forward to coming to this career day. It is a hands-on, interactive career fair highlighting job opportunities in the logging and forestry industries.

High School Forestry Skills Competition

Choker setting, crosscut sawing, and axe throwing are just a few of the events that are included in the forestry skills competition, which students attending the Future Forestry Workers Career Day can watch.

Students from high school natural resource clubs will compete against each other as they

demonstrate these skills along with cable splicing, log scaling, and tool identification.

“Students look forward to participating in this event each year,” said Rex Lowther, Oregon, Executive Director of Future Natural Resource Leaders.

This event is an integral part of efforts to attract the next generation workforce to the logging and forestry industries.

Nygaard Logging and Warrenton Fibre have sponsored this event since it was established in 2011 and were supporters even before it was included at the Oregon Logging Conference.

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Family Day at Oregon Logging Conference Sponsor: KEZI-TV News 9 Date:

Saturday, Feb 25

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Cost:

Free

Children of all ages will enjoy building wooden birdhouses, seeing wildlife exhibits, and other various tree-related activities at Family Day on Saturday, February 25. Many of these activities take place at the Wheeler Pavilion at the Lane County Fairgrounds.

There will be free popcorn, clowns, face painting, and, of course, a visit from ConiFir and Smokey Bear.

For more than 30 years, families have participated in the fun and educational activities which take place on Family Day during the Oregon Logging Conference.

Once the kids have enjoyed some of the activities at the Wheeler Pavilion, the family can do a walk-about at the Fairgrounds and view equipment utilized in the logging, trucking, and construction industries.

You won’t want to miss this event and the forest-related activities. Be sure to bring your family and enjoy these free activities.

Oregon Department of Forestry Participates in Oregon Logging Conference The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will be engaged in several activities at the Oregon Logging Conference and also will provide important information at its outdoor tent booth located near the Wheeler Pavilion.

ODF will support the high school skills program and will provide presentations in the Wheeler Pavilion on Friday morning during the Oregon Forest Practices seminar.

From its outside tent booth, ODF staff will share information about protection from fire, forest practices, state lands and partnership, and planning and urban and community forestry programs.

Smokey Bear will be on hand again to share goodwill and awareness with young and old alike.

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CERTIFIED FORESTERS® SAF Credits Available at OLC

Foresters and allied professionals can stay current on resource management issues and fulfill mandatory continuing education requirements at the Oregon Logging Conference (OLC).

The Certified Foresters® program is offered through the Society of American

Foresters (SAF) and provides a consistent, national credential for a professional forester. By attending the OLC and some of the seminars and panel discussions offered, up to 12 SAF continuing education credits can be earned.

Here is a breakdown of the credits that can be earned by attending seminars at the OLC: Thursday, Feb. 23 - Keynote Speaker, 5 credits - Mill Tour, 1.5 credits - Log Roll Out, 1 credit - Your Voice, Your Vote seminar, 2 credits Friday, Feb. 24 - Oregon Forest Practices seminar, 3 credits - Washington Forest Practices seminar, 2 credits - Business seminars, 1 credit each - Better Ideas/New Technology seminar, 2.5 credits - Exhibit, Hands-On seminar, 1 credit To receive credits for the program you must: • Put your name on a sign-up sheet at the OLC registration desk.

• You will receive a punch card that is your certificate of attendance at the panels and seminars.

• Have your card punched at the end of each panel and seminar you attend.

• Mail completed punch card no later than three weeks after OLC to: Certified Foresters®, c/o Society of American Foresters, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 315, Washington, DC 20037.

• NEW THIS YEAR, attendance records can be uploaded through the SAF online CFE application system. Upload records to the correct meeting application and choose ‘yes’ to certify that attendance records are complete to the best of your knowledge. If you do not have an account on the SAF website, one has been created for you with your email as your username. Select ‘forgot password’ to set a password for your account.

Keep a copy for your records.

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Oregon Loggers and Forestry Consultant Selected as 2022 Operators of the Year

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Two logging companies and a forestry consultant have been recognized as Operators of the year by the Oregon Department of Forestry. They were honored for protecting water quality and helping landowners to improve the health of their forests and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildlife.

The 2022 Operators of the Year are: • Eastern Oregon – Full Circle Consulting of La Grande • Northwest Oregon – F & B Logging, Mike Falleur, Warrenton • Southwest Oregon – R & R Logging, Bobby King, Florence The 2022 Merit Award winners are: • Eastern Oregon – Chiloquin Lawn Care, Chiloquin • Eastern Oregon – Wolfco Timber Services, Lebanon • Southwest Oregon – Strain Excavating and Trucking, Coos Bay

Full Circle Consulting – Eastern Oregon 2022 Operator of the Year

Forestry consultant Chuck Sarrett is being recognized for developing an easier to use application to help forest landowners obtain federal assistance grants to manage their forest lands. He has helped many landowners develop forest management plans, a prerequisite for obtaining federal funds.

Travis Lowe, ODF Forest Stewardship Forester, said, “Chuck is well respected and well liked by landowners in and around Union County. His depth of knowledge and experience about what makes forests in northeast Oregon healthy helps him write management plans that leave lands less at risk from catastrophic wildfire, pests, and diseases.”

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the forest floor so it can trap dirt and debris and keep it out of streams.

Retired ODF Stewardship Forester Ashley Lertora nominated Falleur for this award. “Controlling runoff protects water quality for drinking water and fish that live in the streams,” said Lertora. “Mike is very conscientious about protecting water quality and makes pre-harvesting site visits to carefully plan how to manage runoff.” (Falleur was also recognized by ODF and received a 2021 Merit Award).

Bobby King, R and R King Logging – Southwest Oregon 2022 Operator of the Year

King was nominated for the work he did protecting water quality in a forest unit that was bounded by a fish-bearing stream and a meandering tidal slough. Using a drone to run yarding cables from a high point across the slough allowed King to hoist logs above the protected trees buffering the slough and creek without damaging any. King also logged around a stand of trees along a strip of neighboring land without damaging them.

ODF Forest Stewardship Forester Jon Laine said King and his crew’s experience also protected soils and kept neighbors happy.

“They have expertise and know-how to take on these challenging projects and protect nearby waters and the land,” Laine said.

Chiloquin Lawn Care – Eastern Oregon 2022 Merit Award

This award was given to recognize Chiloquin Lawn Care for helping small landowners remove overgrown brush to

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reduce the fire danger on their property while simultaneously protecting an aspen grove for wildlife.

Wolfco Timber Services – Eastern Oregon 2022 Merit Award

This award was given to recognize Wolfco Timber Services for an economically risky salvage harvest near Sisters, OR, in the wake of the devastating Green Ridge Fire.

Strain Excavating and Trucking – Southwest Oregon 2022 Merit Award

This award was given to Strain Excavating and Trucking of Coos bay, OR, for replacing a failing metal culvert with a larger box culvert. The project opened up about three miles of habitat for native cutthroat trout on Weyerhaeuser land that had not been reachable by fish for more than 50 years.

“The honorees this year innovated to protect water quality and helped landowners be able to improve the health of their forests and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire through careful management planning,” said ODF Forest Resources Division Chief Josh Barnard. “They have shown extraordinary care and diligence in challenging harvesting situations. We’re pleased to recognize the community spirit and leadership these operators have shown.”

The Operators of the Year and Merit Award winners will be recognized at the Oregon Logging Conference during the Oregon Forest Practices seminar at 8:30 a.m. Friday, February 24. They also were scheduled to be recognized at the OF Board meeting in Salem on January 4.

Mike Falleur, F and B Logging – Northwest Oregon 2022 Operator of the Year

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OLC Panels & Seminars 2023 Hands-On Seminar 1 – Log Roll-Out Topic: Discussion of Logs from the Labor Day fire Date: Location:

Thursday, Feb. 23 • 11:00 a.m. – 12 noon Near Log Loader Competition, Outside Display Area Moderator: Brian Tenbusch, Rosboro, Springfield, OR

Shelly Boshart Davis, Oregon House of Representatives, District 15

James Seward, Columbia River Log Scaling & Grading Bureau

Seward has worked for the Columbia River Log Scaling Bureau for 20 years, starting with production scaling throughout the state of Oregon and becoming a scaling manager in 2017.

He has been a manager for the Albany, Eugene, and northern Washington areas, and is certified for Westside, Eastside, and Cubic Scaling. Seward is responsible for scaling employee training and ensuring that scaling performance standards are met at all scaling site locations. Columbia River Log Scaling Bureau is a member of the Northwest Log Rules Group, which ensures uniform and non-biased third-party scale to the wood products industry.

Your Voice – Your Vote Counts Topic – Regional, State, and Federal Issues and Opportunities after the Election Date: Thursday, Feb. 23 • 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Moderator: Jim Dudley, Swanson Group, Roseburg, OR Christine Drazan, Former Minority Leader, Oregon House of Representatives

Growing up in rural Oregon, Drazan learned the importance of a strong work ethic, the value of community, and a love for Oregon. Her first experience with politics was as a young staffer in the state legislature, where she quickly became Chief of Staff to the Republican Speaker of the House. Her career later turned to working with associations to support small businesses and preserve Oregon’s history and culture.

When Drazan’s state representative announced his retirement, she saw an opportunity to stand up for her community and decided to run for the Oregon House. Nine months after being sworn in, Republicans elected her to lead their ranks.

As the Republican Leader, Drazan took on entrenched politicians and powerful special interests. With heavy-handed COVID restrictions in place, Drazan fought to re-open schools and to end Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency orders that shut down Oregon’s economy.

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energy and gas prices, Drazan led House Republicans in walking out to put a stop to it. When Democrats sought billions of dollars in new taxes, Drazan opposed them.

Drazan was the Republican nominee for Governor in 2022 and remains committed to continuing to help Oregonians to remain engaged and prepare for the next opportunity to work for change.

She and her husband Dan live in rural Clackamas County with their three children.

Representative Shelly Boshart Davis was elected in 2018 to serve House District 15 in the Oregon State Legislature.

Growing up on a farm inspired her to choose a career in the business side of agriculture. Driven by her ambition and farm town values, she went on to earn her Business Degree from Oregon State University. Boshart Davis and her business partner, Macey Wessels, purchased her family’s custom farming and trucking business in 2018.

Rooted in Linn County and being an advocate for the agriculture, transportation, and the business community inspired Boshart Davis to run for office when former Representative Andy Olson decided to retire. She seeks to bring common sense and a practical application to lawmaking. Boshart Davis is the Oregon House Republican Deputy Leader, Vice-Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee, and serves on the House Business and Labor Committee.

Boshart Davis is a wife to an amazing husband and mother to three daughters who prefer to spend their time in the barn raising hogs.

Oregon Forest Practices Seminar (including Operators of the Year Presentation) Sponsor – Weyerhaeuser Co. Date: Friday, Feb. 24 • 8:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Moderator: Dave Boyd, Associated Oregon Loggers

Presentation: 2022 Operators of the Year Paul Clement, Field Support/Field Manager, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR.

Since 1998 Clements has worked with the Oregon timber harvesting community on behalf of the Oregon Forest Practices Act program in program administration, compliance monitoring, and training. Before joining ODF, Clements earned a B.S. in Forest Management from Virginia Tech and worked in a variety of jobs in the woods. As the Operators of the Year program recognizes professionalism and stewardship, Clements is glad to bring the program to the Oregon Logging Conference.

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Topic: General State of Oregon Forest Practices Seth Barnes, Oregon Forest Industries Council, Salem, OR

Barnes is Director of Forest Policy and OFIC’s professional forester. He has more than 15 years of experience from harvest layout and design to silviculture with expertise in both field forestry and forest policy. Prior to OFIC Barnes served as Operations Manager for Washington State’s Forest Practices Program for the Washington Department of Natural Resources. He has experience with both private landowners and state agencies and participated for many years as a wildland firefighter on an Incident Management Team. Barnes has a B.S. in Forest Management from Oregon State University and attended graduate school at Washington State University for Public Administration and Natural Resource Policy.

Topic: Eastern Oregon Forest Practices and PFA Implementation Hans Rudolph, Stewardship Forester, ODF, Pendleton, OR

Rudolf has been a forester for more than 25 years and has been the ODF Stewardship Forester for the Pendleton unit since 2010. He has served as a member and chair of the ODF Safety and Wellness Committee and has been a Type 1 Safety Officer for one of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Incident Management Teams since 2019. Rudolf has been a member of the Society of American Foresters

(SAF) since 1994 and currently serves as the secretary in the Blue Mountain chapter of SAF. He has also been an American Tree Farm System inspector since 2006 and currently serves as the district chair for Umatilla and Morrow Counties. In 2016, Rudolf was named Oregon Tree Farm Inspector of the Year. Rudolf also worked for Boise Cascade (Medford, OR) for nine years and for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, for four years prior to joining ODF.

Topic: Oregon Forest Health Aerial Survey Harold Stevens, Forest Health Unit, ODF, Salem, OR

Stevens is an aerial survey specialist with the Forest Health Unit of the Oregon Department of Forestry. He plans and coordinates the aerial survey with forest health professionals at Region 6 of the U.S. Forest Service and the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Prior to aerial survey, Stevens spent seven years managing the Tillamook State Forest and six years fighting fires in central Oregon.

The aerial survey program has a long history of recording forest health data and Stevens is looking forward to presenting the information at the 2023 OLC.

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Speakers continued from page 39 Topic: New Equipment for Tether Logging Dale Ewers, Owner, Falcon Forestry Equipment

Having been a logger since the age of 14, Ewers and his wife, Christine, currently own or manage 12 logging crews throughout New Zealand. They also own the mechanical services and manufacturing company DC Equipment.

Ewers is passionate about the logging industry, and his mission in life is to make it safer and more productive for everyone involved. In 2012 Ewers and his logging crew managers made the decision to fully mechanize their crews.

Unable to find existing equipment to fulfill their needs, they developed their own motorized grapple carriage, grapple camera system, and winch assist machine. Under the Falcon Forestry Equipment brand, these products are sold in New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Canada, and the U.S. Ewers has a vision of a “zero harm” logging industry, which fuels his innovative ideas and solutions that have ultimately made the industry safer and more productive.

Washington Forest Practices Seminar Sponsor – Weyerhaeuser Co. Date: Friday, Feb. 24 • 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Location: SE Meeting Room, Exhibit Hall Moderator: Paul Hadaller, Pacific Fibre Products Inc., Longview, WA

Carla Fosberg, WA Department of Natural Resources Forest Practices.

Fosberg will talk about the Forest Practices Online project, which replaces the outdated Forest Practices Application Review System. This is a multi-faceted tool enabling forest landowners and their representatives to submit, track, and manage their forest practices applications from a computer or smartphone.

Fosberg started her career with the WA DNR in 2005, working in the timber sale program on the proprietary side. Since 2016 Fosberg has been working as the Forest Practices Coordinator for the South Puget Sound Region.

Dillon will talk about how industry can work to implement this program.

Dillon is responsible for managing approximately 150,000 acres in the Columbia River Region of Washington and Oregon. He received a bachelor’s degree in Forestry Engineering from Oregon State University in 1994 and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in both Washington and Oregon.

Dillon went to work for Weyerhaeuser on the Vail Tree Farm in Washington in 1994, and his responsibilities were all aspects of forest engineering and company harvest management. In 2003 he joined the Hancock Forest Management team as an Operations Forester/Forest Engineer in the Enumclaw, WA, office. He has worked as Senior Forester in the Kapowsin, WA, office and Harvest Operations Manager in the Cathlamet, WA, office.

Dillon has been instrumental in advancing projects and programs, including safety, tethered logging, and various engineering designs related to fish passage.

Dillon is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Washington Farm and Forest Association, and Forest Policy Committee for the Washington Forest Protective Association. He is also an active board member for the Western Forest Conservation Association and Columbia Land Trust.

River will discuss the science behind the smart buffer program.

River is a Forest Hydrology Scientist with Weyerhaeuser. He grew up on a small farm in Kansas and began his hydrology studies as a boy, catching frogs and crawdads in a pond on the back 40.

River has an undergraduate degree in Engineering from Kansas State and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Duke University, where his research focused on hydrology and suspended sediment transport.

In his spare time River enjoys various outdoor activities in Oregon, including hunting, fishing, canoeing, backpacking, gathering mushrooms, and surfing.

Business Seminar 1 Topic: Business Advice for Today’s Logging Companies

Topic: Three Way Panel Discussion on Smart Buffers

Date: Friday, Feb. 24 • 11:00 a.m. – 12 noon Location: SW Meeting Room, Exhibit Hall Moderator: Matt Bliss, Roseburg Resources, Vaughn, OR

Tuttle will talk about how and why the state is introducing this program.

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Stephan Dillon, P.E., Columbia River Regional Manager, Timber, Manulife

Mark River, Forest Hydrology Scientist, Weyerhaeuser Co.

Topic: Long-Awaited Forest Practices Online Program

Meghan Tuttle, Western Environmental Affairs Manager, Weyerhaeuser Co.

Washington State Forest Practices Board. She manages regulatory issues involving the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Water Act (CWA), forest chemicals, forest carbon policy and state forestry practices.

Chris Duncan, CPA, CA, and partner and national leader of MNP’s Forestry & Forest Products Services Group in Canada.

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This seminar will help attendees with assurance, accounting, and taxes, along with other industry-specific services.

Drawing on more than a decade of experience, Duncan has deep industry experience delivering business advice to logging contractors, value-added wood processors, and other forest-related businesses. He helps clients with developing rate models for forestry equipment, consulting on equipment purchase decisions, and developing business and tax plans for real estate development projects.

Duncan grew up in the family forestry business and has a strong understanding of the challenges his clients face and the information they need to succeed. He takes every opportunity to visit his clients on location, allowing him to identify hidden opportunities and solve their business problems on the ground.

Business Seminar 2 Topic: Engaging the Next Generation Date: Friday, Feb. 24 • 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Location: SW Meeting Room, Exhibit Hall Moderator: Rob Vance, Pacific Fibre Products Inc., Cornelius, OR Rex Lowther, Executive Director, Oregon Future Natural Resource Leaders

Lowther will focus his presentation on engaging employees and worker retention: what motivates employees, how to teach them, and what methods are best for boosting morale. Noting there is no simple answer, he says the key is understanding what drives employees and how that varies over the generations.

Lowther graduated from Philomath High School in 1992. After taking a couple of forestry classes from Terry Selby, he spent his summers learning to log and run different types of equipment.

Lowther received a B.S. in Business Economics from Willamette University in 1996. He taught forestry at Scio High School from 2004 to 2020.

Roger Smith, RL Smith Logging Inc., Olympia, WA

Smith will talk about recruiting in the future. Smith graduated from high school in 1980, bought a pair of caulk books, and received a degree from the school of hard knocks. He started setting chokers at the age of 18 for his uncles, logging old growth timber in the high country.

Smith bought his own logging business at age 29. Thirty-one years since that day, RL Smith Logging Inc. has expanded from a

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pre-processor operation with only a tower and shovel to three cable sides, three shovel sides, a skidder, ten log trucks and 43 employees.

His nephew, Nate Murray, is purchasing the Madill tower side.

Smith is a member of the Board of Directors for the Washington Contract Loggers Association Credit Union, the Olympic Logging Conference, and the Pacific Logging Congress. He is also part of the Washington State Loggers Safety Initiative.

Michael Bottland, PhD., Wavecel, LLC

Business Seminar 3 Topic: Succession Planning Date: Friday, Feb 24 • 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Location: SE Meeting Room, Exhibit Hall Moderator: Bodie Dowding, ODF, Salem, OR Nicholas Frost, Hershner Hunter LLP, Eugene, OR

This seminar will help attendees understand considerations for a successful hand-off of your business.

Frost is an attorney and partner at Hershner Hunter LLC, practicing in estate and trust planning and administration, business formation and succession planning, and business transactions.

He regularly writes and presents about a variety of estate planning topics.

Frost graduated from the University of Michigan Law School cum laude in 2006 and practiced law in Chicago and Portland prior to joining Hershner Hunter.

Frost has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon Law School. He is a past board officer and current member of the Eugene Springfield Tax Association and is a member of the Eugene Estate Planning Council.

Better Ideas/New Technology in Logging Date: Friday, Feb. 24 • 2:00 p.m. – 4:30p.m.

Location: Wheeler Pavilion Moderator: Jeff Wimer, Forestry Consultant, Albany, OR

Topic: Load Cells for Towers and in Shackles Brian Tuor, Cable Logging Specialist

Tuor will talk about an alternative system other than experience and guesswork to help operators make better decisions to limit tension in skylines.

Tuor received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Forestry Engineering from Oregon State University. He worked as a forest engineer for MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. in British Columbia and has also worked as a choker setter, rigging slinger, hooktender, rigger, yarder operator, side rod, trainer, and consultant for small and large logging and forestry companies in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Australia, New Zealand, Columbia, and South America. Since 1968 he has been working as a salesman and customer support representative for S. Madill Ltd. 42

A native of Germany, Dr. Bottlang earned his PhD in Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He has subsequently focused on improving the treatment of orthopedic trauma patients. His inventions for treating fractures of the pelvis and chest wall have changed the standard of care in over 40 countries.

He has been funded by the US National Institute of Health for his groundbreaking research and innovative technology on helmet safety. At the Legacy Biomechanics Laboratory in Portland, Oregon, Bottlang has overseen the creation of the state-of-the-art Helmet Impact Testing (HIT) Laboratory. He has collaborated with Surgeon Steven Madey for the past 15 years to create WaveCel Technology and is part owner of WaveCel LLC..

Topic: New, Simplified Control System for Processing Heads Wayne Cochran, President, Axis Forestry Inc.

Cochran will demonstrate the Cypress system and show how this technology provides logging contractors with a competitive advantage by keeping costs down, focusing on uptime and engaging new and young operators.

Axis Forestry Inc. was founded in 2010. Cochran has over 23 years of tree processor experience and has a strong passion for bringing new innovations into a traditional industry, backed by strong support.

Axis Forestry is the OEM manufacturer of the Rebel brand of tree processor and the Cypress Robotics Controller. The company also manufactures parts for other brands of processors.

Axis Forestry has two locations, Kamloops, B.C., Canada, and Post Falls, Idaho.

Topic: The Connected Forest and New Technology Around the World Pierre Rainville, Director of Strategic Marketing and Partnerships, Trimble Forestry.

Rainville’s presentation will include forest to mill tracking, equipment telematics, harvester head data, connectivity, and forest information.

Rainville is based out of Victoria, B.C., Canada. He is a graduate of University of Victoria and has worked for Trimble Forestry for almost 16 years.

Trimble Forestry is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability.

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Speakers continued from page 42 Topic: Electrification of Equipment Colleen Miller, Sales Manager, Sennebogen, LLC Miller will talk about grant money available to businesses for going green and how to unlock that money.

As Sennebogen’s National Accounts and North American Sales Manager, Miller leads the sales team to increase market share and provide Sennebogen customers with the highest level of service and support.

Exhibitor Hands-On Seminar 3 Topic: Ponsse Manager Satellite Program Sponsor: Ponsse Date: Friday, Feb 24 • 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Ponsse’s Outside Exhibit Area Moderator: Jacob Steensen, Southport Lumber Co., Coos Bay, OR Tuomas Mikkola, IT Manager and Digital Services, Ponsse PLC

Mikkola is an IT professional with experience in software development and data, analytics, and integration/API solutions. His teams are responsible for planning and building integrations between systems as well as storage, preparation, delivery, and governance of data.

Petteri Tuomisto, Global Sales Manager Digital Services, Ponsse PLC All those who register for the OLC are eligible for a free subscription to TimberWest Magazine.

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Tuomisto has more than 15 years of experience in how digital services can be turned into concrete actions to help customers to meet their strategic goals.

Before joining Ponsse, he worked for Toyota Material Handling, where he learned the use of LEAN tools and methodology to support his passion of helping customers to stand out in their own business by improving their processes and operations.

His office is in Tampere, Finland, where he supports the whole Ponsse network.

Topic: Firefighting Equipment Tank Jouni Viitikka, Operator/Trainer, Sales, Ponsse, Coburg, OR

Viitikka started working with heavy equipment and trucks when he was 18 as an operator, mechanic, and trainer in the military and civilian field in Finland.

He has worked in the woods since 1988 as a harvester operator with Ponsse and other equipment. He has been working with Ponsse and Ponsse dealers in more than a half-dozen countries as a test driver, operator trainer, and technical support and sales.

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2023 RESOLUTION NO. 1 REGARDING MATURE AND OLD GROWTH POLICY ON FEDERAL LANDS

science-based, sustainable forest and land management activities throughout the Pacific Northwest and California; and

A resolution by the Oregon Logging Conference Regarding Mature and Old Growth Policy on Federal Lands WHEREAS, on April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14072, titled “Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies” and directed federal agencies to pursue science-based, sustainable forest and land management, and to conserve America’s mature and old-growth forests on Federal lands; and WHEREAS, Executive Order 14072 identifies the primary threats to forests, including mature and old-growth forests, to include climate impacts, catastrophic wildfires, insect infestation, and disease, and does not identify timber harvesting as a primary threat to these forests; and WHEREAS, in response to Executive Order 14072, Federal agencies including the United States Forest Service has initiated a process to define and inventory mature and old-growth forests on Federally owned lands across the country, and in 2023 will enter into regulatory rulemaking to implement conservation strategies to conserve mature and old-growth forests on Federal lands; and WHEREAS, anti-forestry and anti-logging activists are pressuring the Biden Administration and the Forest Service to establish arbitrary age-class restrictions, and/or a new policy similar to the Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Policy to further restrict forest management activities on Federal lands, and such policies will lead to larger and severe wildfires and further losses on forests, wildlife habitat, water resources, timber and other benefits; and WHEREAS, efforts to restrict management in “old growth and mature” forests ignore the fact that forests are dynamic ecosystems where disturbance events can reset 100- to 200-year-old forests to zero in the course of a single day; and WHEREAS, arbitrary policies including critical habitat designations, wilderness designations and other land set-asides have already greatly restricted 46

WHEREAS, in a U.S. Forest Service report, titled “Northwest Forest Plan—The First 25 Years (1994– 2018): Status and Trends of Late-Successional and Old-Growth Forests,” the agency found that wildfire is the leading cause for older forest losses on federal lands; and WHEREAS, a scientific study in California found mature forest habitat are highly vulnerable due to high tree density in forests and up to 85 percent of mature forest habitat has been lost or degraded due to fire and/or drought; and WHEREAS over the past 20 years, many states have had record catastrophic wildfires, devastating communities, lives, and livelihoods, and causing billions of dollars in damage. More than 10 million acres – more than twice the size of New Jersey – burned each year across the U.S. in 2020, 2017 and 2015; and WHEREAS, on January 18, 2022, the Biden Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Interior announced a 10-year wildfire strategy to treat up to 20 million acres on national forests and grasslands, and up to 30 million acres of treatments on other Federal, state, Tribal, private, and family lands, and recognized the importance of the timber industry to support the implementation of this strategy, and WHEREAS, active forest management, including timber harvesting can thin overstocked stands and help restore healthy and resilient conditions on federal lands for mature and old growth trees on federal lands, maximizing the forests’ ability to sequester and store carbon; as well as provide renewable wood products that store carbon for generations.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oregon Logging Conference go on record in calling on President Biden, his departments and agencies to implement its 10-year wildfire strategy, to reject policies that would further limit forest management activities that help prevent the loss of forests and forest resources on Federal lands, and to work with the timber industry to sustain our regional for-

est products infrastructure and to restore the health and resiliency of our Federally-owned forests.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be provided to Oregon’s congressional delegation, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Chief of the United States Forest Service, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

This resolution will be presented by Nick Smith, Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities.

As a member of a multi-generation farming family, Smith has a passion for natural resources and rural communities. In 2013 he founded Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, a nonprofit, non-partisan grassroots coalition that advocates for active forest management on federally owned lands.

Smith has a background in public policy and communications, having worked in the Oregon Legislature in various capacities and having served several members of leadership in the House of Representatives.

Smith holds a BA in Journalism from Chico State and a Master of Public Administration from Portland State.

_________________________________ 2023 RESOLUTION NO. 2 REGARDING TAKING NEW OREGON LEGISLATORS TO LOGGING OPERATIONS A resolution by the Oregon Logging Conference Regarding Taking New Oregon Legislators to Logging Operations.

WHEREAS, there are 27 new State Representatives and State Senators in the Oregon Legislature; and WHEREAS, Oregon is increasingly divided politically between urban and rural communities as evidenced by the recent elections; and WHEREAS, much of the anti-logging and forest management movement is based on lack of information and misinformation; and

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WHEREAS, there has been great success in opening people’s minds about logging and forest management by taking them to the woods and showing them the abundance of trees, explaining rules and restrictions, demonstrating professional logging and reforestation processes.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oregon Logging Conference will work to get every new State Representative and State Senator to the woods in 2023 to see the life cycle of managed trees including an active logging operation and stages of reforestation.

This resolution will be presented by Oregon Representative Boomer Wright, who represents District 9 of the Oregon Coast from the north end of Yachats to the south end of Coos Bay. Representative Boomer (Duane) Wright has served in the Oregon Legislature since November 2020 He currently lives in Reedsport, Oregon with his wife of 27 years Susan, one dog and one cat.

Wright graduated from Crow High School and in 1972 received his bachelor’s degree in Education from Oregon College of Education. In 1982 Wright completed his master’s degree in Education and Certification as an Administrator at the University of Oregon. During his educational career, Wright has been a teacher, Vice-Principal, Principal, and Superintendent.

He retired from education in 2002 and then worked at Selco Credit Union as a liaison for the Florence community for three years.

WHEREAS, Oregon’s transportation policies increase costs causing Oregon products to be less competitive in the national and international marketplace; and WHEREAS, in 2020, Governor Brown signed Executive Order 20-04 which directed state agencies to drastically reduce emissions by 2035; and WHEREAS, this December 2022, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved a rule to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 based on vehicle emission standards adopted by the State of California in August; and WHEREAS, additional extreme green transportation policies are being drafted for the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session and will be outlined in more up-to-date detail at the 2023 Oregon Logging Conference.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oregon logging conference opposes Oregon state legislation impacting fuel, emissions, vehicle, transportation, highway infrastructure or transport-related tax that lacks sufficient business concurrence, incentives, alternatives and feasibility.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we also oppose bans, phase-outs and mandates related to transportation.

This resolution will be presented by Alexis Jacobson, International Accounts Manager, BOSSCO Trading LLC.

Jacobson is the International Accounts Manager at the forage export company BOSSCO Trading LLC located in Tangent, Oregon. BOSSCO Trading LLC is an international agriculture export company that primarily exports grass straw and hay as supplemental feed for cattle raised in other countries.

Graduating from Oregon State University with a degree in Agricultural Sciences and a minor in Animal Sciences, Jacobson has worked for BOSSCO Trading LLC for seven years, starting as an intern, then an executive assistant, and was promoted to International Accounts Manager in 2019.

As International Accounts Manager, Jacobson is integral in coordinating exports shipments, coordinating drayage trucking, making the schedule to which forage is compressed for containerization, managing export customer relations, and managing ocean carrier contracts and relationships.

Jacobson is a member of the Agriculture Transportation Council, United States Forage Export Council, National Hay Association, Oregon Women For Agriculture, and America AgriWomen. She is also alumni advisor for Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority at Oregon State University.

Wright also served as the General Manager of the Sea Lion Caves for five years. Since his retirement from that position, he has done some substitute teaching at various local high schools, saying that he enjoys being with students and learning as much from them as they learn from him.

_________________________________ 2023 RESOLUTION NO. 3 REGARDING EXTREME AND DETRIMENTAL TRANSPORTATION POLICIES IN THE OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE A resolution by the Oregon Logging Conference Regarding Extreme and Detrimental Transportation Policies in the Oregon State Legislature WHEREAS, Oregon is now the 6th fastest shrinking state in the nation; and WHEREAS, 17,000 more people moved elsewhere in the US than moved from another state in Oregon; and WHEREAS, Oregon’s transportation policies are expensive and a major factor for families and businesses relocating to other states; and WHEREAS, the national fuel cost increase was exacerbated in Oregon due to Oregon taxes and regulations and has been detrimental to Oregon businesses, especially to the logging industry, which is dependent on fuel to operate; and TimberWest Magazine — January/February 2023 — www.forestnet.com

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2023 OLC Exhibitor Listings A & I DISTRIBUTORS

AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY

12350 SW Myslony St, Tualatin, Oregon 97062 503-905-2245 • Fax: 503-905-2248 www.Aidistributors.com

9605 North Umpqua Hwy, Roseburg, Oregon 97470 541-672-6661 • Fax: 541-672-9923 www.austinpowder.com

Exhibit Hall........................................176-177 Sponsors...................................... Silver Level A-1 COUPLING & HOSE

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 203 AXIS FORESTRY INC

1480 Chief Louis Way, Kamloops, B.C. V2H 1J8 CAN 778-471-2947 • www.axisforestry.com

PO Box 2295, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-485-7133 • Fax: 541-485-3796

Exhibit Hall........................................168-169 BAILEY'S INC.

Performance Hall...................................... SF5 ACME MANUFACTURING INC

1210 Commerce Av. Site 8, Woodland, California 95776 530-908-2466 • Fax: 503-406-0895 www.baileysonline.com

90099 Prairie Rd., Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-741-2200 • Fax: 541-741-2212 www.acmecarriages.com

Outside - Demo BAKER'S BOOTS

Exhibit Hall........................ 222-224 & 237-239 ADVANCE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

2642 Roosevelt Blvd, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-689-5379 • Fax: 541-689-2435 www.bakershoe.com

18812 NE 403rd St, Amboy, Washington 98601 360-607-8321 • Fax: 360-247-5150 www.adspipe.com

Exhibit Hall........................................284-285 BALLANTINE INC.

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 192 ADVANCED LAND MANAGEMENT LLC

840 McKinley St, Anoka, Minnesota 55303 763-515-2716 • Fax: 763-427-2277 www.ballantineinc.com

769 50th Av, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-405-6111 • www.almcontracting.com

Performance Hall...................................... 051 BANDIT INDUSTRIES INC

Performance Hall...................................... 019 AEROTRACT

6750 Millbrook Rd, Remus, Michigan 49340 989-561-2270 • Fax: 989-561-2375 www.bandichippers.com

409 Ermine St SE, Albany, Oregon 97321 762-822-2280 • www.aerotractone.com

Exhibit Hall.................................. 303,304,305 AGRI-COVER, INC.

Outside BASCO LOGGING

3000 Hwy 281 SE, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 701-952-9930 • Fax: 701-251-1512 www.agricover.com/rolltarps

PO Box 131, Winchester, Oregon 97495 541-284-8381 • Fax: 541-459-5014

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 145 AGRO ECO POWER

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC BEARS BEARS BEARS

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 198 AGWEST FARM CREDIT

Outside - Demo Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation BETTS TRUCK PARTS & SERVICES

2641 Pacific Blvd, Ocean City, Washington 98569 707-850-0534

PO BOX 282, Touchet, Washington 99360 509-386-7956

2222 NW Kline Street, Roseburg, Oregon 97471 541-464-6700 • Fax: 541-464-6705 www.agwestfc.com

4334 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97218 503-289-8875 • Fax: 503-289-3515 www.bettstruckparts.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 170 ALBINA

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 609 BLUNDELL METALWORKS

801 Main St, Vancouver, Washington 98660 541-777-7139 • Fax: 541-884-7790 www.albina.com

11313 96th Av., Grande Prairie, Alberta CAN 780-897-6246 • www.blundellmw.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 225 ANCHOR INSURANCE & SURETY INC.

Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation BOMAN INDUSTRIES INC

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 613 APW DISTRIBUTING

Performance Hall......................046-47 & 62-63 BORNTRAGER TREE JACKS

1 Centerpointe Dr., Ste 190, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035 503-224-2500 • Fax: 503-224-9830 www.anchorias.com 2310 E. 2nd St, Vancouver, Washington 98661 360-823-2111 • www.americanpowerworks.com

Auditorium........................................404-405 ARE EQUIPMENT

2676 S. Vista Ave, Boise, Idaho 83705 208-955-8142 • www.associatedins.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 167 ASSOCIATED OREGON LOGGERS INC. PO Box 12339, Salem, Oregon 97309 503-364-1330 • Fax: 503-364-0836 www.oregonloggers.org

Performance Hall....................................... 017 ATTERBURY CONSULTANTS INC

6950 SW Hampton St., Suite 330, Tigard, Oregon 97223 503-646-5393 • Fax: 503-644-1683 www.atterbury.com

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PO Box 127, Longview, Washington 98632 360-423-1700 • www.budclarychevrolet.com

Auditorium.............................. 401A, 411, 418 BUTTONS THE CLOWN Wheeler......................................Family Event CALL 1-800-RADIATOR & A/C

941 Oak St, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-687-4799 • www.assuredpartners.com/Eugene

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 236

Outside - Demo BUD CLARY AUTO GROUP

PO Box 4116, Eugene, Oregon 97404 541-343-3683

Exhibit Hall........................................226-227 ASSURED PARTNERS

3125 NW 35Th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97210 503-867-2686 • www.carsonteam.com

Performance Hall................................. 053-52 CASCADE TIMBER CONSULTING, INC. PO Box 446, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-367-2111 • Fax: 541-367-2117

Sponsors........................................Gold Level CASCADE TRADER INC. 215 N. Hamilton Rd, Chehalis, Washington 98532 360-748-1182 • Fax: 360-748-1198 www.cascadetrader.net

Outside CASCADE TRUCK BODY

29512 Airport Rd., Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-342-5317 • Fax: 541-683-4032 www.cascadetruckbody.com

Performance Hall......................070-73 & 92-95 CATALYST POWERTRAIN 10 NE Walker St, Portland, Oregon 97211 800-872-6691 • Fax: 503-286-0661 www.catalystpowertrain.com

Exhibit Hall........................................287-288 CHAINSAW BUZZ 2641 Pacific Blvd, Ocean City, Washington 98569 253-381-2086 • www.chainsaw.buzz

Outside - Demo Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation CHINIMINI WILDLIFE CENTER 311 NW Lewisburg Av, Corvallis, OR 541-230-1220 • www.chintiminiwildlife.org

Wheeler......................................Family Event CITIZENS BANK - EUGENE P.O. Box 699, Springfield, Oregon 97477 541-736-2000 • Fax: 541-988-1452 www.citizensbank.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 261 CJ FIRE PROTECTION LLC Box 70566, Springfield, Oregon 97475 541-654-2282 • Fax: 888-359-2813

Performance Hall...................................... 048 CLEAR CREEK SYSTEMS INC.

N 648 Sunset Dr., Dorchester, Wisconnsin 54425 715-678-0037 • Fax: 715-678-0088 www.bruteforcemfg.com

Outside ASSOCIATED INSURANCE SERVICES

Exhibit Hall.......................186-189, & 212-215 CARSON

33920 Ford Mill d, Lebanon, Oregon 97355 541-979-1975 • www.Borntragertreejacks.com

Performance Hall...................................... 088 BRUTE FORCE DIST LLC

3914 81st Ave, Leduc, Alberta T9E7Z1 CAN 604-247-2540

PO Box 18266, Phoenix, Arizona 85009 503-612-6557 • Fax: 503-612-6527 www.carcoindustries.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 204 CLEANFIX NORTH AMERICA

2221 NE Hoyt St, Portland, Oregon 97232 503-236-2116 • Fax: 503-239-5005 www.brakesystemsinc.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 229 ASPEN CUSTOM TRAILERS

Exhibit Hall........................................279-280 CARCO INDUSTRIES INC.

2470 Ewald Ave SE, Salem, Oregon 97302 503-362-7657 • Fax: 503-399-8535 www.bomanindustriesinc.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 146 BRAKE SYSTEMS INC

PO Box 26, Dallas, Oregon 97338 971-901-1333 • www.AREequipment.com

888-604-9990 • Fax: 604-856-6690 www.cannonbar.com

900 McKinley St. Unit D, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-343-1320 • Fax: 541-343-1345

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 406 CANNON BAR WORKS LTD 5525-272nd St Unit A120 Langley, British Columbia V4W 1P1 CAN

250 Wright Blvd, Stratford, Ontario N4Z1H3 CAN 519-275-2808 • Fax: 519-275-3995 www.cleanfix.org

140 County Line Rd SW #101, Pacific, Washington 98047 206-695-2120 • www.ClearCreekSystems.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 625 CN HYDRAULIC PARTS 1220 37th St NW A103, Auburn, Washington 98001 206-919-8072 • www.cnhydparts.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 277 COBALT TRUCK EQUIPMENT 4620 E Trent Ave, Spokane, Washington 99212 509-534-0446 • Fax: 208-535-4294 www.cobalttruck.com

Outside, Performance Hall.........041-43,& 66-68 COLUMBIA BODY MFG. 10037 SE Mather Rd, Clackamas, Oregon 97015 503-656-3775 www.columbiabody.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 624 COLUMBIA POINT EQ CO. INC PO Box 1352, Hermiston, Oregon 97838 541-561-5048 • www.columbiapointequipment.com

Performance Hall................................. 056-57 COLUMBIA WESTERN MACHINERY

11125 SW Tonquin Rd, Sherwood, Oregon 97140 971-235-5030 • www.columbiawesternmachinery.com

Outside

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Exhibit Hall.............................................. 218 CUMMINS SALES & SERVICE

Exhibit Hall........................................140-141 DUKES EQUIPMENT & PARTS

Exhibit Hall........................ 162-163 & 178-179 CUTCO CUTLERY

Performance Hall................................015 - 16 DYNA PRODUCTS

2125 10Th St, Two Harbors, Minnesota 55616 218-343-8807 • www.crushingmechanics.com

1758 22nd St. SE, Salem, Oregon 97302 503-362-1388 • Fax: 503-362-1559 www.cwsoregon.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 278 CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC 23623 Warthen Rd, Elmira, Oregon 97437 541-935-0600 • Fax: 541-935-0616 www.conteches.com

Performance Hall................................. 032-33 CONTINENTAL TIRE AMERICAS LLC

33070 Roberts Qt, Coburg, Oregon 97408 541-687-0000 • Fax: 541-344-0075 www.cummins.com

322 Houghton Ave, Olean, New York 14760 716-790-7181 • www.cutco.com

2717 NE 152nd Av, Vancouver, Washington 98684 971-313-2765

Auditorium........................................422-423 COW CREEK BAND

Auditorium.............................................. 403 DAVID HULL TREE FARM & ANITIQUE TRUCKS

Wheeler.........................Family Day- Seedlings COWLITZ RIVER RIGGING INC

Expo Hall Section 600.................. 607, 608, 621 DES-CASE

2371 NE Stephens St. Suite 100, Roseburg, Oregon 87470 541-672-9405 1540 Industrial Way, Longview, Washington 98632 360-425-6720 • Fax: 360-425-6724 www.loggingsupply.com

Exhibit Hall........................................164-165 CRANE EQUIP MFG CORP 33740 Seavey Lp, Springfeild, Oregon 97405-9602 541-746-9681 • Fax: 541- 746-8928 www.grizzlycranes.com

Auditorium........................................410-419 CROWLEY EQUIPMENT INC. 4655 Cloudburst Way, Eugene, Oregon 97402-5432 541- 688-5924 • Fax: 541- 688-0704 www.crowleyequipment.com

Outside CROWN ROYAL STOVES-GREENTECH Box 1237, International Falls, Minnesota 56649 866-361-7355 • Fax: 218-283-5786 www.crownroyalstoves.com

24048 Dawson Rd, Monroe, Oregon 97456 541-424-5572 • Fax: 541-424-3035

675 N. Main St., Goodlettsville, Tennesse 37072 615-672-8800

Outside DIAMOND MOWERS

350 E. 60th. St. N., Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 605-977-3300 • Fax: 605-330-8553 www.diamondmowers.com

Performance Hall............................. 009,10,11 DIAMOND Z 11299 Bass Lane, Caldwell, Idaho 83605 208-585-2929 • Fax: 208-585-2112 www.diamondz.com

Outside DICK'S LOGGING SUPPLY INC PO Box 237, Estacada, Oregon 97023 503-630-6868

2075 Getty Circle, Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424 541-767-0017 2015 S, 18th St, Union Gap, Washington 98903 509-469-9420 www.dukeshaeavyequipmentparts.com 8440 State Rd, Millington, Michigan 48746 231-660-7965 • Fax: 231-734-3681 www.dyna-products.com

Outside - Demo EAGLE CARRIAGE & MACHINE CO

62500 Commerce Road, LaGrande, Oregon 97850 541- 963-4646 • Fax: 541- 963-3415 www.eaglecarriage.com

Exhibit Hall.......................199-200, & 201-202 EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS

450 Country Club Rd, Suite 300, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-342-8134 • Fax: 866-462-3803 www.edwardjones.com/cary-richardson

Performance Hall...................................... 107 ELLIS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 2759 S. Hwy 89, Wellsville, Utah 84339 435-752-4311 • Fax: 435-752-4384 www.ellisequipment.com

Outside - Demo EUGENE SILKSCREEN

960 Wilson St., Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-342-8418 • Fax: 541-341-4513 ww.eugenesilkscreen.com

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC

Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation

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HATTON-BROWN PUBLISHER'S INC. PO Box 2268, Montgomery, Alabama 36102 334-834-1170 • Fax: 334-834-4525 www.hattonbrown.net

EVCOR, LLC

P.O. Box 1024, Dallas, Oregon 97338 503-623-4203 • Fax: 503-623-7424 www.evcorllc.com

Exhibit Hall........................................... Lobby HEALTHY FORESTS, HEALTHY COMM.

1153 NE 6th St, Bend, Oregon 97701 541-760-2035

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 228 HIGH CASCADES INSURANCE

P.O. Box 13279, Portland, Oregon 97218 503-282-2566 • Fax: 503-282-1755 www.feenaughty.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 286 HILLTOP AERIAL LLC

233 Hambrick Ave, Sutherlin, Oregon 97479 541-315-8192 • www.christianloggers.org

Performance Hall................................101-102 HUB INTERNATIONAL

18376 SW Salmonberry Ln, Sherwood, Oregon 97140 503-515-4206 • www.healthyforests.org

Auditorium................................ 424, 425, 426 FACES PAINTING BY LYNDIE

PO Box 310, Castle Rock, Washington 98611 360-274-6991 • Fax: 360-274-7247 www.highcascadesagency.com

Wheeler......................................Family Event FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY CO.

Outside FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN LOGGERS

P.O. Box 457, Banks, Oregon 97016 971-757-0431 • www.hilltop-aerial.com

6976 SE Lake Rd, Portland, Oregon 97222 503-894-4094 • www.hubinternational.com

Performance Hall...................................... 103 FERM DEPT. OSU

Performance Hall...................................... 050 HYDROVENT AIR SERVICE LLC

216 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 541-737-4952 • Fax: 541-737-4316 http://fern.forestry.oregonstate.edu

Performance Hall...................................... 014 FIRST STRIKE ENVIRONMENTAL

308 SE Taylor St, Portland, Oregon 97214 503-641-3388 • www.krinc.net

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 623 L & L INC. 233 Hambrick Ave, Sutherlin, Oregon 97479 541-315-8192

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC L & M TRUCK SALES INC. 4001 East Boone, Spokane, Washington 99202 509-535-4175 • Fax: 509-535-3231 www.lmtrucks.com

Outside LANE COUNTY REPUBLICANS 865 W. 17th, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-954-2520

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 602 LANE EVENTS CENTER & FAIRGROUNDS 796 W. 13th Ave., Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-682-4292 • www.laneeventscenter.org

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC LASER TECHNOLOGY INC.

1717 Centinnial Blvd. Ste 9, Springfield, Oregon 97477 541-556-9562 • www.hydroventair.com

6912 South Quentin St, Centennial, Colorado 80112 303-649-1000 • Fax: 303-649-9710 www.lasertech.com

520 S. 28th St, Washougal, Washington 98671 360-844-2093 • www.jstoutauction.com

8770 W. Bryn Mawr Av. Ste 900, Chicago, Ilinois 60018 773-304-5050 • www.lawsonproducts.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 622 J STOUT AUCTION

256 Quarry Rd, Roseburg, Oregon 97470 800-447-3558 • Fax: 541-673-1739 www.fseco.com

KUKER-RANKEN INC.

Performance Hall...................................... 058 LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC.

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 234 Sponsors......................Friends OLC Foundation FMI EQUIPMENT

Exhibit Hall...................................... 142 - 143 JACKSON GROUP PETERBILT

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 205 LEGACY FINANCE GROUP LLC

Outside FORESTRY TRADER

Exhibit Hall.......................... 156-161, 180-185 JAMES G MURPHY CO.

Outside LEJ VERIGA LESCE

11111 East Trent Ave, Spokane Valley, Washington 99206 509-929-4071 • www.fmiequipment.com

5605 Inland Shores Way N. Ste 102, Keizer, Oregon 97303 503-463-4444 • Fax: 503-463-1554 www.murphyauction.com

120 W Harvest Drive, Lincoln, Nebraska 68521 531-333-7365 • Fax: 402-479-2108 www.forestrytrader.com

Performance Hall...................................... 018 JAMES PIPE & SUPPLY INC.

Performance Hall...................................... 012 FORESTS TODAY & FOREVER

P.O. Box 460, Kalama, Washington 98625 360-904-7473 • Fax: 360-887-2291

PO Box 55, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-868-0330 • www.foreststodayandforever.org

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 276 JBC CONSTRUCTION

Exhibit Hall.................... Thursday School Tours Wheeler......................................Family Event FREIGHTLINER NW

4132 SE Willamette St, Amity, Oregon 97101 503-269-5833

277 Stewart Rd SW, Pacific, Washington 98047 800-523-8014 • Fax: 253-891-4312 www.FreightlinerNorthwest.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 605 JDAVENPORT PHOTOGRAPHY

Auditorium......................... 400, 1/2 401 & 427 FYREBX

1075 Bradshaw Lane, Creswell, Oregon 97426 541-915-0065 • www.jdavenportphotography.com

Performance Hall...................................... 065 KEITH MTG. CO.

PO Box 180, Shinletown, California 96088 530-255-4431 • www.fyrebx.com

Expo Hall Section 600..........................616-617 GEM CHAIN BAR

401 NW Alder, Madras, Oregon 97441 541-475-3802 • Fax: 541-475-2169 www.keithwalkingfloor.com

PO BX 608, Grangeville, Idaho 83530 208-983-0203 • Fax: 208-983-0213 www.gemchainbar.com

Performance Hall...................................... 089 KEZI NEWS 9

Exhibit Hall................................ 300, 301, 302 GENERAL TRAILER PARTS LLC

Box 7009, Springfield, Oregon 97475 541-580-7447 • Fax: 541-677-9133 www.kezi.com

P.O. Box G, Springfield, Oregon 97477 541-746-8218 • Fax: 541-726-4707 www.generaltrailerparts.com

Sponsors...................................... Silver Level KMC-KOOTRAC/KOOTENAY TRACTOR

Exhibit Hall...........................252-258/263-269 Outside, Sponsors...........................Gold Level GENESIS SYSTEMS

PO Box 31, Crescent Valley, B.C. V0G 1H0 CAN 250-359-5033 • Fax: 250- 359-5034 www.kmc-kootrac.com

Outside, Exhibit Hall.................................. 230 KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT NW

7165 Lawnridge St. NE, Keizer, Oregon 97303 503-510-0879 • www.genesis-sys.net

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 610 GRADUATE EUGENE 66 E 6th St, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-342-2000 • www.hiltoneugene.com

2500 NW Marine Dr, Troutdale, Oregon 97060 503-265-8939 • Fax: 503-265-8938 www.knapheide.com

Sponsors....................................... Gold Level GUESS THE LOAD OF CHIP & SAW LOGS Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440

Outside GUESS THE LOAD OF LOGS Box 309, Noti, Oregon 97461 541-935-2231 • Fax: 541-935-1287

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4810 N Basin Ave, Portland, Oregon 97217 503-535-3035 • Fax: 503-283-6676 www.jgpete.com

Exhibit Hall................................................. C KPD INSURANCE INC PO Box 784, Springfield, Oregon 97477 541-741-0550 • Fax: 541-741-1674 www.kpdinsurance.com

Performance Hall...................................... 059 KRIEGE LOGGING LLC 4144 NW Stahancyk Ln, Prineville, Oregon 97754 541-419-2323 • Fax: 541-447-5010

2050 Beavencreek Rd., Oregon City, Oregon 97045 503-704-1493 • Fax: 503-650-7963 www.thelegacyfinancegroup.com 5630 Horatio St, Utica, New York 13502

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 620 LES SCHWAB 2295 W 11Th Ave., Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-342-7254 • Fax: 541-465-9546 www.lesschwabtirecenter.com

Exhibit Hall.......................... 289-290, 291-292 LETOURNEAU TECHNOLOGIES 3033 NE 172 PL, Portland, Oregon 97230 503-669-1276 • Fax: 503-666-6681 www.letourneau-inc.com

Performance Hall................................105-106 LITTLE BEAR SCULPTURES 4516 Souza Crt, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-525-8216 @littlebearsculptures.facebook.com

Outside - Demo Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation LLM PUBLICATIONS PO Box 25120, Portland, Oregon 97298 503-445-2228 • Fax: 503-655-0778 www.llmpubs.com

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC LMS EQUIPMENT 4885 Taylor Drive, Laona, Wisconnsin 54541 715-420-2377 • Fax: 715-420-2378 www.LMSJCB.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 219 LOFTNESS 60654 Livestock Rd, La Grande, Oregon 97850 541-531-5654 • Fax: 320-848-6269

Outside LOGGERS WORLD LLC

P.O. Box 1631, Chehalis, Washington 98532 360-262-3376 www.loggersworld.com

Performance Hall...................................... 108 LOGGING & SAWMILLING JOURNAL PO Box 86670, North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 4L2 CAN 604-990-9970 www.forestnet.com

Exhibit Hall........................................... Lobby Sponsors...................................... Silver Level

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MASON, BRUCE & GIRARD, INC.

707 SW Washington St. Ste 1300, Portland, Oregon 97205 503-224-3445 • Fax: 503-224-6524 www.masonbruce.com

LOGGINGENCODERS.COM

926 Perkins Drive, Mukwonago, Wisconnsin 53149 707-722-7899 • Fax: 262-378-5400 www.loggingencoders.com

Performance Hall...................................... 086 MCCALLUM ROCK DRILLING INC

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 297 LUDWIG SYSTEM

PO Box 599, Chehalis, Washington 98532 360-748-7259 • Fax: 360-748-8823 www.mccallumrock.com

Am Kraftwerk 3, Bad Relchenhall, Bavoia 83435 GER 603-294-4773 www.ludwigsystem.com

Outside, Exhibit Hall............................293-294 MELCHER LOGGING

Auditorium.............................................. 402 LUMBERMENONLINE.COM

PO Box 600, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-367-3232

2508 Pillow Drive, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 800-477-7606 • Fax: 931-381-3564 www.lumbermenonline.com

Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation

METAL OF VALOR EQ.

370 Fir Knoll Lane NE, Salem, Oregon 97317 503-930-0475 • metalofvalor.com

Outside MODERN MACHINERY

4610 Cloud Burst Way, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-688-7321 • Fax: 541-689-5429 www.modernmachinery.com

Outside MORSE HYDRAULICS

5805 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97218 971-278-3201 • www.morsehydraulics.com

Sponsors...................................... Silver Level MY LITTLE SALESMAN PO Box 341869, Austin, Texas 78734 512-851-0709 • www.mylittlesalesman.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 144

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 147 NELSON PAINT CO. PO Box 2040, Kingsford, Michigan 48802 906-774-5566 • Fax: 906-774-4264 www.nelsonpaint.com

Performance Hall.....................................SF-3 NOREGON SYSTEM 7823 National Service Rd, Greenboro, North Carolina 27409 336-554-8685 • www.noregon.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 611 NORTHFACE GRAPPLE TIPS

13297 East Ridge Dr, Lake Country, B.C. V4V2P9 CAN 250-681-1860 • www.grappletips.ca

Performance Hall...................................... 038 NW FOREST PROPERTIES

4115 Berrywood Drive, Eugene, Oregon 97404 541-868-6567 • www.northwestforestproperties.com

Performance Hall...................................... 031 NW WELDING 1515 SE Hillvale Lane, Toledo, Oregon 97391 541-219-0300

YOUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS COVERED From landing to millyard Longview 360-423-5760 Ridgefield 360-360-2500 Hillsboro 503-288-6411 The Dalles 541-296-4642 Clackamas 503-280-1899 Salem 503-364-0602 Eugene 541-302-9199 Redmond 541-548-8566 North Bend 541-756-8708

Medford 541-282-8551 Klamath Falls 541-850-8658 Fortuna 707-725-1888 Redding 530-243-5410 Chico 530-343-1911 Ukiah 707-459-9006 Santa Rosa 707-576-1616 San Leandro 510-357-6200 San Martin 408-686-1195

Call or visit us online at petersoncat.com/forestry

Outside O & M TIRE POINT S

4420 Hwy 20, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-933-5960 • www.pointstire.com

Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. 3400 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, Oregon 97403 541- 342-3325 • Fax: 541-343-8210 www.oec-sys.com

Performance Hall...................................... 104 OLC FAMILY DAY

Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-686-9191 • www.oregonloggingconference.com

Wheeler........................................... Saturday OLC FOUNDATION Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-686-9191 • Fax: 855-866-0572 www.oregonloggingconference.com

Arena Building............................ Private Event OLC LOG LOADER COMPETITION PO Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-686-9191 • Fax: 855-866-0572 www.oregonloggingconference.com

Outside OLC LOGO SHOP

PO Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-686-9191 • www.oregonloggingconference.com

Exhibit Hall........................................... Lobby OLC REGISTRATION

PO Box 10669, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-686-9191 • www.oregonloggingconference.com

Exhibit Hall........................................... Lobby OLOFSFORS INC. 222 Roy Blvd. Unit 4, Brantford, Ontario N3R 7KI CAN 519-754-2180 • Fax: 519-757-1100 www.olofsfors.com

Performance Hall................................. 036-37 OREGON CALIFORNIA SUPPLY 574 N.E. F St., Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-479-5990 • Fax: 541-479-5665 oregoncaliforniasupply.com

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OREGON DEPT OF FORESTRY

PACIFIC LOGGING CONGRESS

PETERS & KEATTS EQ. INC.

Outside, Wheeler........Family Day - Smokey Bear OREGON FUEL INJECTION INC.

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 612 PACIFIC NW TECHNOLOGIES

Outside, Performance Hall....................... E & F PETERSON CAT

2600 State Street, Bldg. D, Salem, Oregon 97310 503-945-7200 • Fax: 503-945-7490 www.oregon.gov/odf/pages P O Box 21121, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541485-1434 • Fax: 541 485-1464 www.oregonfuelinjection.com

Performance Hall...................................... 064 OREGON NATURAL RESOURCE IND. 23480 Hall Rd, Cheshire, Oregon 97419 541-228-8227 • www.onri.us

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 614 OREGON OSHA 350 Winter St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97301 503-947-7425 • www.osha.oregon.gov

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 606 OREGON TOOL LLC

P.O. Box 26, Eatonville, Washington 98328 360-832-1745 www.pacificloggingcongress.org

8294 28th Ct NE Ste 500, Lacey, Washington 98516 360-493-8344 • Fax: 360-491-6073 www.pntinc.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 295 PACIFIC TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT PO Box 3433, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 503-648-3841 • Fax: 503-648-0229 www.pactractor.com

Outside, Sponsors..... Friends of OLC Foundation PAPE' GROUP

355 Goodpasture Is. Rd Ste 300, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541.683.5073 • Fax: 541-681-5319 www.papemachinery.com

4909 SE Intl Way, Portland, Oregon 97222 503-334-6986 • www.oregonproducts.com

Sponsors........................................Gold Level PAPE' KENWORTH

P.O. Box 760, Dallas, Oregon 97338 503-917-9205 • Fax: 503-370-8565 www.owit.com

Outside, Sponsors..... Friends of OLC Foundation PAPÉ MACHINERY, INC

Exhibit Hall....................................... 172, 173 OREGON WOMEN IN TIMBER

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 262 Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation Wheeler......................................Family Event OREGONIANS FOR FOOD & SHELTER 1320 Capitol St. NE Suite B50, Salem, Oregon 97301 503-370-8092 • Fax: 503-370-8586 www.ofsonline.org

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 259 PACIFIC CORRUGATED PIPE CO. 89822 Hwy 99N, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-461-0990 • Fax: 541-461-0993 www.pcpipe.com

355 Goodpasture Island Rd, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-683-5073 • Fax: 541-681-5319 www.papekenworth.com

355 Goodpasture Is. Rd Ste 300, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-683-5073 • Fax: 541-681-5393 www.papemachinery.com

Outside PEERLESS CORP

P.O. Box G, Springfield, Oregon 97477 800-452-9683 • Fax: 541-726-4707 www.generaltrailerparts.com

Outside, Exhibit Hall...............252-258/263-269 Sponsors........................................Gold Level

18122 SR9 Se Suite B-101, Snohomish, Washington 98296 360-863-2552 • Fax: 360-863-6916 www.petersandkeatts.net 5450 NE Five Oaks Dr., Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 503-288-6411 • www.petersoncat.com

Outside PETERSON TRUCKS

2718 Teagarden, San Leanord, California 94577 888-818-1806 www.Petersontrucks.com/olc

Exhibit Hall............................................ B-BB PETROCARD PO Box 40, Kent, Washington 98035 800-950-3835 www.petrocard.com

Exhibit Hall........................................232-233 PHOENIX HYDRAULICS & MACH. INC. 100 Boomer Hill Rd, Myrtle Creek, Oregon 97457 541-863-5492 • Fax: 541-863-4893 www.phohyd.com

Exhibit Hall................................. 193-194-195 PIERCE PACIFIC MFG 4424 NE 158Th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97230 503-808-9110 • Fax: 503-808-9111 www.piercepacific.com

Outside POMP'S TIRE & SERVICE

1734 S. 14th Ct., Ridgefield, Washington 97321 509-539-4729 www.pompstire.com

Outside, Performance Hall.................... 039-40

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Exhibit Hall.............................................. 281

Minimal log damage track feed Popular continuous 360 rotator

SEE THE 870 MODEL AT

Unique sensor-free precision saw Superior triple length measuring accuracy

T G TrackGrip Inc. 40+ YEARS

www.kone-ketonen.fi www.trackgripnic.com info@trackgripinc.com

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SILKE COMMUNICATIONS INC

PONSSE NORTH AMERICA

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 148 SIMINGTON CHAIN GRINDERS

919 International Way, Springfield, Oregon 97477 541-687-1611 • www.silkecom.com

4400 International Lane, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501 715-369-4833 • Fax: 715-369-4838 www.ponsse.com

Outside, Performance Hall...................074 - 78 POWERSCREEN OF WASHINGTON

Performance Hall................................109-110 SKYLINE LOGGING DRONES INC.

7915 S. 261 St, Kent, Washington 98032 541-556-1329 www.powerscreen-wa.com

P.O. Box 72, Yacolt, Washington 98675 360-686-3686 • Fax: 360-686-3636 www.prosafetyproducts.com

Outside PRECISION MACHINERY

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 175 SKYLINE MODELS

P.O. Box 41657, Eugene, Oregon 97404 541-653-9620 www.precisionmachineryandmaint.com

440 23rd Street SE, Salmon Arms, B.C. V1E1Y7 CAN 250-804-9787 • www.skylinemodels.ca

Outside PRINSCO WATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Performance Hall...................................... 079 Sponsors................................ Friends of OLCF SMILING MOOSE MARKETING SERVICES

2756 Ridge Lane, West Linn, Oregon 97068 503-312-4388

4022 Baird Ct, Fortuna, California 95540 707-725-4103 • Fax: 707-240-5233

Auditorium.............................................. 420 PROPEL INSURANCE

2045 Cardinal Ave. Suite 300, Medford, Oregon 97504 503-365-6861 www.propelinsurance.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 174 QUADCO USA INC.

Exhibit Hall........................................242-245 STARKER FORESTS INC

Performance Hall.....................080, 81 & 84, 85 Sponsors.....................................Bronze Level Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation RAPID SPAN STRUCTURES LTD.

PO Box 809, Corvallis, Oregon 97339 541- 929-2477 • Fax: 541-929-2178 www.starkerforests.com

Wheeler......................................Family Event SUMMIT ATTACH. & MACH. LLC

1145 Industrial Drive, Armstrong, B.C. V0E 1B6 CAN 250-546-9676 • Fax: 250-546-9066 www.rapidspan.com

Performance Hall...................................... 061 RDO EQUIPMENT

Outside ROTHENBUHLER ENG.

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 171 ROTOBEC INC

200 Rue Industrielle, Sainte Justine, Quebec G0R 1Y0 CAN 418-383-3002 www.rotobec.com

Outside, Sponsors...........................Gold Level ROTOCHOPPER, INC.

3180 Ridgeway, Reedsport, Oregon 97467 541-361-0122

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Exhibit Hall........................ 220-221 & 240-241 Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation SWANSON BROS. LUMBER CO. INC. P.O Box 309, Noti, Oregon 97461 541-935-2231 • Fax: 541-935-1287

P O Box 711, Fort Worth, Texas 76101-0711 800-827-0711 • Fax: 800-582-3329 www.texasrefinery.com

Performance Hall...................................... 045 THE ART OF CLAUDIA LIMA 353 Cedar Hill Lane, Arcata, California 95521 707-498-1324

Performance Hall...................................... 049 Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation THE SUPPLY POST NEWSPAPER 105-26730 56th Ave, Langley, B.C. V4W 3X5 604-607-5577 • www.thesupplypost.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 231 TIGERCAT INDUSTRIES INC. PO Box 637, Brantford, Ontario N3T 5P9 CAN 519-753-1539 • Fax: 519-753-8272 www.tigercat.com

Sponsors........................................Gold Level TIMBER SUPPLY CO INC P.O. Box 151, Philomath, Oregon 97370 541-929-3151 • Fax: 541-929-3157 www.timbersupplyco.com

Exhibit Hall........................................196-197 TIMBERLINE MAGAZINE 10244 Timber Ridge Dr., Ashland, Virginia 23005 800-805-0263 • Fax: 804-550-2181 www.Timberlinemag.com

213 1434 Ironwood St, Campbell River, B.C. V9J5T5 CAN 819-277-0939 • www.timbermax.ca PO Box 610, Edmonds, Washington 98020 425-778-3388 • www.forestnet.com

2235 Clarks Corners Rd., Marathon, New York 13803 607-307-4029

Outside - Demo TIREBOSS - TPC INTN'L

15803 121 A Ave., Edmonton, Alberta T5V 1B1 CAN 780-451-4894 • www.tireboss.com

Outside, Performance Hall............... SF 1 - SF 2 T-MAR INDUSTRIES LTD

5791 Duncan Bay Rd, Campbell River, B.C. V9H1N6 CAN 250-286-9500 • Fax: 250-286-9502 www.tmarequipment.com

913 Rose St., Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601 541-273-7581 • www.tandsmfg.com

Performance Hall............................028, 29, 30 TOP TREE SERVICE LLC

6910 Salashan Parkway, Ste B-3, Ferndale, Wash. 98248 360-224-1589 • www.tajfunUSA.com

Outside - Demo TRACKGRIP INC

Outside - Demo TALK ABOUT TREES

1957 Sennebogen Trail, Stanley, North Carolina 28164 980-250-0504

Performance Hall................................. 090-91 TEXAS REFINERY CORP

Exhibit Hall........................................... Lobby Sponsors...................................... Silver Level TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD PROC. EQUIP.

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 166 TAJFUN USA

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 615 SCULPTURES IN MOTION

PO Box 2572, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-345-0597 • Fax: 541-687-2244 www.TerraTech.net

33960 Old Willamette Hwy S., Eugene, Oregon 97405 541-744-2000 • Fax: 541-744-2068 www.superiortireservice.com

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 618 T & S MANUFACTURING INC.

40263 Crawfordsville, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-530-8913

Expo Hall Section 600................................ 619 TERRA TECH LLC

Outside TIMBERWEST MAGAZINE

61768 Hwy 291, Nine Mile Falls, Washington 99826 509-670-1493 • www.swedbergcontracting.com

Outside SCHAEFFER'S MFG

7129 Silent Creek Av SE, Snoqualmie, Washington 98065 206-518-2318

990 Vernon Rd, Wathena, Kansas 66090 303-260-6778 • www.summitbodies.com

Outside, Sponsors..................... Friends of OLC SWEDBERG CONTRACTING CORP

217 West St., St Martin, Minnesota 56376 320-548-3586 • Fax: 320-548-3372 www.rotochopper.com

Outside TENSAR

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 296 TIMBERMAX CANADA

Exhibit Hall................................................. D SUPERIOR TIRE SERVICE

PO Box 708, Sedro Woolley, Washington 98284-0705 360-856-0836 • Fax: 360-856-2183 www.rothenbuhlereng.com

2207 Talley Way, Kelso, Washington 98626 360-636-0300 • Fax: 360-636-0314 www.technicalforestsolutions.com

PO Box 1785, Castle Rock, Washington 98611 360-232-8572 • Fax: 360-703-3990

Outside SUMMIT TRUCK EQUIPMENT

7610 NE 33rd Dr, Portland, Oregon 97211 503-282-0694 www.rdoequipment.com

Outside

Outside - Demo SOUTHPORT FOREST PRODUCTS

600 Chilcotin RD, Kamloops, B.C. V2H1B7 CAN 250-828-7820 • Fax: 250-828-7825 www.southstarequipment.com

1460 47th Ave., Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 541-367-2991 • Fax: 888-615-3002 www.radiatorsupplyhouse.com

90201 Hwy 99N, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-762-3009

PO Box 134, Keno, Oregon 97627 541-884-2835 • Fax: 541-205-5702

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC SOUTHSTAR

Exhibit Hall...........................246-251/270-275 RADIATOR SUPPLY HOUSE

Outside, Performance Hall......................... SF4 SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES

Sponsors.....................................Bronze Level SMITH'S LOGGING SUPPLIES

PO Box 298, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 541-961-3666 • Fax: 541-266-0824

169 Industrial Dr, Lexington, South Carolina 29072 803-951-1951 • Fax: 803-951-3958 www.quadco.com

Outside - Demo Sponsors.................. Friends of OLC Foundation SENNEBOGEN LLC

19203 West Side Road, Lakeview, Oregon 97630 541-947-4444 • Fax: 541-947-4402 www.simingtonchaingrinder.com

TECHNICAL FOREST SOLUTIONS LLC

Box 760, Dallas, Oregon 97338 503-915-2611 • www.talkabouttrees.us

Wheeler......................................Family Event Exhibit Hall......................Thursday School Tour TEC EQUIPMENT, INC. 91317 Coburg Industrial Way, Coburg, Oregon 97408 541-686-6060 • Fax: 541-686-6068 www.tecequipment.com

6101 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Washington 99393 509-943-7032 • www.toptreellc.com 2509 Palace Cobble, Saint-Lazare, Quebec J7T2B1 CAN 436-507-9665 www.trackgripinc.com, www.kone-ketonen.fi

Performance Hall................................. 99-100 TRAVEL LANE COUNTY P O Box 10286, Eugene, Oregon 97440 541-484-5307 • Fax: 541-343-6335 www.travellanecounty.com

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC

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VULCAN ON-BOARD SCALES

5920 S. 194th St., Kent, Washington 98391 253-480-2222 • Fax: 253-872-9626 www.vulcanscales.com

TRIAD MACHINERY INC,

PO Box F -2, Coburg, Oregon 97408 541-342-7700 • Fax: 541-342-6806 www.triadmachinery.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 260 WALLINGFORDS INC

459 SE Oakbriar Av, Roseburg, Oregon 97470 547-761-1718

Exhibit Hall........................................216-217 WARRENTON FIBER/NYGAARD LOGGING CO.

Outside, Sponsors...........................Gold Level TRUE NORTH RESOURCE CONSULTING Wheeler........................................ Family Day TRUENORTH STEEL 4401 West Main Ave, Fargo, North Dakota 58103 866-982-9511 • www.truenorthsteel.com

Exhibit Hall.............................................. 235 TURN-KEY RV RENTALS 4435 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, Oregon 97403 541-746-1502

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC TYREE PO Box 2706, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-687-0076 • Fax: 541-343-0552 www.TyreeOil.com

Exhibit Hall........................... 206,207,208, 209 UNITED INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 530 Conger St., Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-687-8686 • Fax: 541-687-8667 www.unitedindustrialequip.com

Performance Hall.............................. 111 - 112 UNITED RENTALS 3735 W 11th Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-465-1235 • www.unitedrentals.com

Outside UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, Idaho 83844 208.310.0269 • www.uidaho.edu

1010 Kennedy Memorial Dr, Oakland, Maine 04963 207-465-9575 • Fax: 207-465-2076 www.wallingfords.com

PO Box 100, Warrenton, Oregon 97146 503-861-3305 • Fax: 503-861-2925 www.warrentonfiber.com

Sponsors...................................... Silver Level WARTENBEE TRUCKING 24904 Oak Lane, Elmira, Oregon 97437 541-935-3731 • Fax: 541-954-3088

Sponsors.................................. Friends of OLC WCLA CREDIT UNION PO Box 207, Olympia, Washington 98507 360-352-5033 • Fax: 360-352-1537 www.loggers.com/cu

Performance Hall...................................... 044 WELDCO-BEALES MFG 12155 154 St, Edmonton, Alberta TSL3B4 CAN 780-454-5244 • Fax: 780-455-6770 www.weldco-beales.com

Performance Hall................................... Stage WILLAMETTE FINANCIAL SERVICES 22850 SW Eno Place, Tualatin, Oregon 97062 503-639-6171 www.willamette-financial.com

Performance Hall...................................... 087 WILSON EQUIP. RENTALS & SALES 6731 Crater Lake Hwy, Central Point, Oregon 97502 541-461-3159 • Fax: 541-659-4655 www.wilsonequipment.net

Outside WOOD-MIZER LLC

8180 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46214 317-271-1542 • Fax: 317-273-7026 www.woodmizer.com

Outside - Demo WOODS LOGGING SUPPLY, INC

702 Industrial Way, Longview, Washington 98632 360-577-8030 • Fax: 360-423-7567

Auditorium............................................ 422A WYATT'S TIRE CO

16821 SE McGillivray Blvd, Ste 210 Vancouver, Washington 98683 360-891-3385 • Fax: 360-891-3388 www.weyerhaeuser.com

PO Box 6346, Portland, Oregon 97227 503-288-7878 • Fax: 503-288-7989 www.vanradenind.com

Box 40873, Eugene, Oregon 97404 541-954-4917

Exhibit Hall........................................298-299 WESTERN TRAILER SALES CO.

4140 West 11th Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-344-6249 • Fax: 541-344-0902 www.westechrigging.com

Performance Hall...................................... 060 VALLEY TOOL & MFG

Outside VAN RADEN INDUSTRIES, INC

Exhibit Hall........................................282-283 Sponsors........................................Gold Level WILLAMETTE CASCADE MODEL R.R. CLUB

Exhibit Hall........................................298-299 WRIGHT TREE SERVICE

PO Box 5598, Boise, Idaho 83705 208-344-2539 • Fax: 208-344-1521 www.westerntrailer.com

Box 220, Hughson, California 95326 800-426-5615 • Fax: 209-883-9565 www.valleytoolmfg.com

3500 SE Columbia Way Vancouver, Washington 98661 503-793-7864 www.wilcoxandflegel.com

Outside WESTECH RIGGING SUPPLY

Auditorium.............................................. 421 VALLEY PRESSURE WASHING 8478 Valley Way SE, Turner, Oregon 97392 541-791-1677 • Fax: 541-791-1640 vpwtruckwash.com

WILCOX + FLEGEL

Outside, Sponsors..... Friends of OLC Foundation WEYERHAEUSER CO.

Sponsors...................................... Silver Level WHIT-LOG INC PO Box 668, Wilbur, Oregon 97494 541-673-1166 • Fax: 541-673-1168 www.whitlogtrailers.com

Exhibit Hall........................ 190-191 & 210-211

2195 Hyacinth NE Suite 130, Salem, Oregon 97301 541-743-1013 www.wrighttree.com 390 W 11th, Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-344-3218 • Fax: 541-344-3221 www.wyattstire.com

Performance Hall................................. 034-35 ZENDER EQUIPMENT CO. PO Box 3184, Ferndale, Washington 98248 360-319-7973 • Fax: 360-933-2026 www.zenderequipment.com

Outside ZIP O LOG MILLS INC.

Box 2130, Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-343-7758 • Fax: 541-683-4241

Sponsors....................................................

Bronze Level

Exhibit Hall........................................149-155

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ContractorProfile

Logger Keen on Keeping Montana Forests Healthy

John Deere 2154 swing machine processes logs at the landing with a Waratah 622 head. In the background is a John Deere 648 skidder; Skookum Timber also has a John Deere 748 skidder.

By Jan Jackson

K

ALISPELL, MONTANA

Kenneth Swanstrom 58

Ken Swanstrom, owner of Skookum Timber Harvesting, is well known for his goal of harvesting for the future good of Montana forests. His goal, besides making a living for himself and his crew, is to make Montana’s forests fire-safe, free of bug infestation, and keep its western gateway to the adjacent Glacier National Park as beautiful as he can for the 3 million people who visit each year.

“A portion of those three million humans leave this part of Montana and then go home and express their opinion to others,” he said. “It’s my hope that they speak well of timber harvesting in Montana.”

Swanstrom named his company Skookum for a Chinook Indian word that means strong, powerful, and brave. He and his two-man crew are determined to do good work. They make their removal selections right from the seat of the equipment,

which today includes a TimberPro 745D feller buncher with a 24-inch Quadco head.

Ties to TimberPro

The TimberPro is used for harvesting timber, and a John Deere 748H grapple skidder normally is used to get the trees to the landing. There they are processed with a John Deere 2154D forestry swing machine paired with a Waratah 622C processing attachment. The logs are stacked and loaded with a Cat 320C forest machine. These pieces of equipment are, in Swanstrom’s words, “the four main machines that go every day.”

Swanstrom has been operating the TimberPro lately has, with only two employees, he has been short-handed. He has plenty of experience, though. “I got my 20 years in on a buncher a long time back,” he said. The men are all cross-trained “and can move around wherever needed,” he added.

The company has some older machines in reserve: two Timbco track harvesters, a John Deere 648 grapple skidder, and another Cat

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ContractorProfile 320C forest machine. In addition, for building and maintaining roads the company has three bulldozers and two motor graders.

Swanstrom has long ties to TimberPro and its predecessor company, Timbco, which were owned by Pat Crawford, now deceased.

“I’ve been a Timbco fan since the beginning,” said Swanstrom. He invested in his first Timbco in 1994 and followed that by owning seven used machines.

The TimberPro D-Series of track bunchers and harvesters is powered by a Cummins L9 Performance Series Tier 4/Stage 5 engine that generates 338 hp and provides 57,800 foot pounds of swing torque. The Cummins L9 engine enables increased fuel economy and longer maintenance intervals for reduced operating and ownership costs.

Designed with almost zero tail swing, it features a larger cab with improved visibility in front and on the boom side. A digital climate control system keeps the cab temperature steady and comfortable.

The TimberPro 745D is available with leveling capability, and a winch assist-tethering hitch is optional.

Swanstrom purchased his TimberPro 745D in the spring of 2021. It has more bells and whistles, he noted. “After 1,200 hours, we haven’t had a single problem with it. It’s a good machine.”

Cutting first tree with TimberPro 745D after it was put into service in 2021. Ken Swanstrom has long ties to TimberPro and its predecessor company, Timbco.

Public Lands

Federal and state agencies own 61 percent of Montana’s forest land. “The state agencies are quite easy to work with, but the U.S. Forest Service is a different deal,” said Swanstrom.

“My biggest complaint with the feds is their mandatory requirement to remove non-saw material, small trees (three to six

inches on the butt) that won’t make a log.

Some of the people that buy these federal sales have thousands of tons of small material they have to remove, but there is no viable market for it.”

“The only market close by is Weyerhaeuser,” he added, “and their new

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ContractorProfile (continued from page 59) deal is you need to sell them some loads of peelers to sell the non-saw.” Non-saw material is processed by chipping or grinding and used for pulp, he noted.

The Forest Service does not have to abide by state burning laws, said Swanstrom.

“What they can’t give away as firewood, in a couple of years they come along and throw a match to it. The state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation allows loggers to use that material to line skid trails. As the wood is broken up and decomposes, it effectively acts as mulch, helping retain moisture and promoting regrowth.

Logged with Father

Swanstrom was in the seventh grade when his father left the farm in Illinois to work on the Libby Dam in Libby, Montana. His mother worked at a roadside diner where logging crews would eat, and Swanstrom worked for the same business as a boy, pumping gas out front and performing odd jobs.

Watching the loggers had a big impact on him. “I’d watch those guys put away those big plates of potatoes and beef and everything, and I was so impressed with the work they did and lifestyle they led, I said to myself, ‘This is my calling.’

After graduating from high school he worked on the landing for a couple of logging contractors. A year later, his father borrowed about $3,500 and bought a used 1959 International crawler dozer to skid logs.

“With three or four used chainsaws and his 1967 Chevy pickup, we started scratching out a living buying stumpage,” recalled Swanstrom. “I was doing the saw work, and my father was doing the skidding.”

Father and son worked together for eight years. Swanstrom reached the point where he was tired of falling small trees with a chainsaw and wanted to get a feller buncher. However, his father decided he was not going to borrow money to invest in more equipment, and parted ways with their log truck to focus on hauling wood. Swanstrom got a loan for a feller buncher and struck out on his own.

He began cutting timber for FH Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. in 1994. “In those days,” recalled Swanstrom, “you were interviewed for the job by Ron Buentemeier, the Stoltze lands manager. He asked many questions about your willingness to take care of Stoltze company lands. I’ve never forgotten that.”

When he began cutting for FH Stoltze, the company was harvesting timber on its own lands, removing about a third of the volume on the first entry, and another third seven or eight years later. The company relied on natural regeneration and opening up small plots to spur new growth.

Swanstrom worked with Stoltze forester Scott Hicswa. “He said, ‘Ken, once a day I want you to make a quarter-acre opening somewhere. Every day you’ll see a spot where there’s just bad trees. Make me one quarter-acre opening every day.’ Now, said Swanstrom, “I can’t even find them.”

Loading a log truck with the company’s Cat 320 forest machine. Montana’s climate has become warmer and dryer, according to Swanstrom. The western larch is the state’s future, he says.

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Climate Change

Montana’s climate has gone through change, according to Swanstrom, and it is impacting forests. Through the 1970s, the state experienced a colder, wetter climate.

“A lot of these species like spruce, subalpine fir, and grand fir got started and did well.”

However, when the climate turned drier in the 1980s and 1990s, those species began to suffer.

“Though at this point it’s an unwritten practice, the state is now focusing its future on the western larch,” said Swanstrom.

“Because of their lack of limb mass and good root systems that help make them wind and fire resistant, most of us agree the western larch is Montana’s future.”

Swanstrom buys standing timber and also contracts to cut and deliver wood. “It used to be about fifty-fifty,” he said. “We’ll see what this year brings.”

The average job size “really varies.” The smallest job he does is 20 acres. “It seems like 40, 60, or 80 acres is more the norm.”

Douglas fir is probably the dominant species. “But we have a mix of all conifers here,” said Swanstrom.

The terrain is tough. “There’s very little good ground left,” said Swanstrom, “and lots of steep, rugged, rough ground in Montana.”

When asked how much production the company averages, Swanstrom said he never has set production goals. “I don’t see how you can if I promised the landowner to treat his land like my own.”

Swanstrom’s markets includes Weyerhaeuser’s stud mill and plywood plant in Kalispell, a pulp mill in Columbia Falls, a sawmill that specializes in making components for timber frame homes in St. Ignatius, several mills that make poles and fencing, and firewood businesses.

Swanstrom, past president of both the Montana Logging Association and the American Loggers Council, used to love taking long motorcycle camping trips. He traveled by motorcycle to Alaska and made six trips to Mexico. He once rented a motorcycle in Europe and traveled for two weeks.

“I like to point out that I couldn’t have done any of it without having a great crew that continued to work without me,” said Swanstrom. Nowadays he gets around on his property on a Yamaha 225.

In the 46-years he’s been working in and trying to improve Montana’s beautiful forests, Swanstrom says he hasn’t lost his passion for the industry.

“I’ve had one hell of a ride, and I have no regrets,” he said. “Working next to Glacier National Park has been both a dream and a curse, but I wish that park was in a different state. “

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ContractorProfile

Versatility Helps Keep Oregon Company Busy

Tigercat 870 feller buncher preparing to harvest a tree. In addition to logging, NWTL also does land clearing, excavation, and building site prep work.

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By Dawn Killough

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ANDY, OREGON

Brian Thomas, owner of NWTL Inc. (Northwest Trees and Land), prides himself on the versatility of his company, which has kept him in business for 15 years.

“We can go into a piece of land or buy the timber ground, and we can log it, put the roads in, develop it, and get it ready for a home site,” said Thomas. “Not many companies do all that,” Thomas said.

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Thomas began doing logging work when he was 16. He grew up in Sandy, Oregon, bought his first Cat bulldozer and began clearing trees for local farmers. Although his family wasn’t actually in the logging business (no one had their own company like he does), he grew up around it. His grandfather periodically cut timber, and his uncles were active in the industry in Washington and Idaho.

Thomas launched his first business, Brian

Thomas Logging, in 2007. He took a few jobs with other companies during the next couple of recession years. He started NWTL in 2010 and the business has grown since then. Thomas buys stumpage and contracts to harvest timber for other companies.

NWTL has five full-time employees and one part-time worker. Thomas usually runs two jobs at a time; one may be logging and one may be excavating. The logging operations average about 100 truckloads per month. Thomas owns a lot in Sandy to store equipment and is planning to build a shop there soon.

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ContractorProfile The company works mostly in the areas of Sandy, Molalla, and Estacada, in the foothills of Mount Hood. Besides logging and excavation, Thomas also buys land and logs his own property, both in Oregon and Idaho.

Job sizes may range from as few as 5 acres up to about 80 acres, and land clearing jobs are similar in size. Most of the company’s revenues, 70 percent, are generated by logging, and the remaining 30 percent from excavation work, demolition, and trucking.

NWTL has a fleet of 18 pieces of equipment for logging and excavating projects.

Thomas added a new Tigercat 870 track harvester and two Doosan log loaders, a 300 and a 380, in 2022. The Doosan 300 is configured for processing logs with a Waratah 623 attachment, and the Doosan 380 is used as a loader.

The Tigercat was purchased from Triad Machinery in Portland, and he bought the Doosans from Cascade Trader in Chehalis, Washington. He chose the Tigercat and Doosan brands for price, reputation, and parts availability, he said. Thomas has a longstanding relationship with Cascade Trader.

Investing in the Tigercat represents a change and expansion for the company. In the past Thomas relied on hand felling, or felling with another machine that now can be used for processing, or subcontracting with other loggers for mechanical felling.

Thomas invested in the new machines to increase production and enable the company to log on larger tracts. He hopes to be able to run two of three processors on the same site to increase production.

NWTL employees perform about half of the maintenance required for the equipment, with dealers doing the other half.

For logging work Thomas also has a John Deere 2054 swing machine that is paired with a Waratah 622B harvester attachment for processing, a Cat 518 skidder and a Timberjack 580 skidder, and three loaders, a Cat 320, a Cat 325, and a Kobelco 220.

For excavating and site prep work the company is equipped with five excavators: two Cat 315s, a John Deere 120D, a LinkBelt 290, and a Komatsu 220, plus a Bobcat 425 mini-excavator. Thomas has three bulldozers, all Cats: D6H, D6D (grapple dozer), and D8H. Some of the excavators also are used as log loaders and for building logging roads.

NWTL also has a log truck, dump truck, and a low-boy truck and provides his own hauling of equipment and timber. Thomas also contracts for trucking as needed.

The company has weathered the recent volatility in the lumber market, the COVID19 pandemic, and the 2020 regional wildfires.

Doosan 300 with Waratah head processes a tree. NWTL also has a John Deere 2054 swing machine that is used for processing.

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ContractorProfile

Doosan 380 loader fills a truck with logs at a landing for NWTL Inc. The company invested in two new Doosan log loaders in 2022; the other model is a Doosan 300. (continued from page 63) During the pandemic, which temporarily closed many mills, Thomas was able to keep his men working. He pivoted to focus more on land clearing as he waited for mills to reopen.

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“I’m proud to say I didn’t take any bailouts or anything,” said Thomas. “I just kept working.”

The summer of 2020 brought an excessive number of wildfires to the state. In one weekend more than 20 fires burned, destroying more than 1 million acres of land. Many logging companies have been working the last couple of years on burn clean-up. Things were so busy that Thomas teamed with another company so they could get as much cut as they could before the timber rotted or decayed. They were working mostly in the Estacada area and had some projects with the federal Bureau of Land Management.

Currently NWTL is focused on tractor or shovel logging, with some steep terrain shovel logging. Thomas has owned yarders in the past but is not conducting any yarding operations. “Of course, that is always subject to change,” he said, and hinted that it may be in the near future.

The most common species the company works in are Douglas fir and western red cedar. Others include alder, maple, big leaf maple, and white fir.

When Thomas talked to TimberWest, NWTL was working on a private tree farm in Sandy that contained some Doug fir trees that were 90 years old. The company was thinning in some areas and clear-cutting and removing stumps in others in preparation for replanting. Some trees were being manually felled with chainsaws, aided by using the Doosan 380 to push them down. The Doosan 300 was processing the trees with the Waratah head.

NWTL supplies pulpwood and saw logs to RSG Forest Products and Pacific Fibre Products in Molalla, Western Forest Products in Camas, Washington, and Weyerhaeuser in Longview, Washington.

The days vary for Thomas, a member of Associated Oregon Loggers and Washington Contract Loggers. He may be operating equipment, driving a truck, or scouting a new job.

He likes to stand out from the competition with the color of his company’s pickup trucks. “Every logging or excavation company has a bunch of white trucks,” he said. “I thought red would be different.

All my pickups have been red since I was 16, 17 years old.”

Thomas owns 20 acres of land near Sandy, where he lives with his wife, Amanda, who also does the bookkeeping for his business.

They have a daughter, Abby, 7, and a son, Everett, 3. Thomas enjoys traveling with his family over to Idaho as often as they can.

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MACHINERY ROW Roseburg Forest Products Agrees To Settle Lawsuit over Mill Fire

Roseburg Forest Products announced it has agreed in principle with four law firms representing the majority of claims to settle the families’ property losses, personal injuries and wrongful death claims arising from the Sept. 2 Mill Fire near Weed, California.

“We know we can’t bring back loved ones nor the homes that were destroyed, but Roseburg’s substantial settlement offers, hopefully, will provide the resources for homeowners to rebuild their houses and the community,” said Pete Hillan, a Roseburg spokesperson.

The four law firms – Reiner Slaughter Mainzer & Frankel; Parkinson Benson Potter; Singleton Schreiber, and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy – represent more than 700 individuals impacted by the Mill Fire who hold real property and structure damage claims, personal property damage, claims, personal injury claims, bodily injury claims, and wrongful death claims, among other claims.

The lawyers intend to recommend the agreed-upon settlement terms to their clients and will await review and approval

of the proposed settlements by the clients themselves. The terms of the agreement in principle stipulate that the amount of each family’s settlement, if agreed to by the family, will be confidential.

The Mill Fire burned 3,935 acres, killing two residents and destroying more than 115 buildings, most of them homes, while damaging dozens more. The cause of the deadly Mill Fire has not been officially determined.

However, CAL FIRE personnel have focused their investigation on a wooden warehouse Roseburg has acknowledged it used to store hot ash.

Rayonier Completes Acquisitions of 137,800 Acres of Timberland in South

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The acquisitions comprise approximately 137,800 acres of well-stocked and highly productive timberlands located in some of the strongest timber markets in the U.S. South.

“We are pleased to have successfully closed on this collection of premier quality timberland assets,” said David Nunes, president and CEO. “We expect to integrate these properties into our portfolio immediately and look forward to managing them for long-term value creation.”

Rayonier no longer anticipates acquiring the approximately 34,500-acre long-term lease located in Georgia, as the seller and Rayonier mutually agreed to extract this portion of the property from the transaction in order to achieve the seller’s objective of closing by year end.

As a result, Rayonier now expects the acquisitions to contribute an average annual harvest volume of approximately 725,000 tons over the next 10 years.

Webcor Forms Mass Timber Building Division

Webcor Timber is the newest division formed within Webcor Craft, the self-perform group of San Francisco-based commercial general contractor and builder Webcor.

After growing a strong internal team preparing to enter the market over the last several years, Webcor’s recent award of two mass timber projects spurred the decision to establish Webcor Timber as a discrete division, joining Webcor Concrete, Webcor Drywall, Webcor Carpentry, and Webcor Equipment.

Upon completion, one of these projects is expected to be the tallest mass timber structure in California and the third tallest in the world.

The tallest mass timber project in the state is currently under construction in Oakland. The 16 stories of mass timber on a three-story concrete podium will serve as affordable housing developed by oWow, a startup developer that has garnered considerable attention for its approach to the housing crisis.

The next Webcor Timber project will be Webcor’s second for Skyline Builders, a retrofit of an office building in San Francisco.

Over the past two years, the nascent Webcor Timber team has been attending webinars and conferences, researching all aspects of the mass timber systems, and meeting with countless vendors and suppliers to gain knowledge and insight into the rapidly growing mass timber market.

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SAFETYALERT

Felled Tree Strikes Crew Truck Background

On a summer morning in the Southeast U.S., a crew cab pickup truck transporting three logging company employees was traveling to the deck to begin their shift.

Conditions were clear, and weather was not a contributing factor.

Unsafe Acts and Conditions

A track feller buncher operator was cutting alongside the haul road fully aware that additional crew members would be arriving soon to begin work.

Accident

The employees in the company crew cab pickup truck had traveled about four miles through the woods on the haul road enroute to the deck. The driver stopped along the haul road before arriving at the deck to drop off the skidder driver close to his machine.

The truck continued traveling to the deck, where the loader and second skidder were located. Other crew members had arrived about 45 minutes earlier and had started work.

The track feller buncher operator began cutting along the side of the haul road near the deck. He began cutting a 20-inch gum tree measuring about 80 feet tall. As the tree was being severed from the stump, the operator lost control of the tree, and it started to fall back toward the machine. Instinctively, the operator used the cutter arm to push the tree away from the cab and toward the haul road.

At the exact moment the operator was pushing the tree away from the feller buncher, the crew cab pickup truck was arriving at the deck. The falling tree struck the pickup

truck and came to rest on top of the truck.

The feller buncher operator alerted other crew members, and they assisted with removing the top of the tree from the cab.

Injury

The crew extracted the employees from the truck and transported them to the intersection of the haul road and state highway to meet emergency medical services personnel.

The injured workers were transported to the local hospital where they were treated and released later in the day. One was diagnosed with a cervical fracture and referred to a neurosurgeon for further evaluation.

Recommendations for Correction

• Always be aware of other crew members’ location, especially while conducting felling operations • Properly assess the weight and balance of trees prior to felling to minimize accident risk.

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Montana’s Conservation Easements Are Effective for Managing Forests, Public Access

By Charlie Decker

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AVING LIVED

80 years in northwestern Montana, I’ve seen a lot of change. But two things I think should remain long into the future are active timber management and public access for hunting and fishing.

That’s why I’m glad – nearly 30 years later – for the conservation easement that has provided for public access and active forest management on 142,000 acres of the Thompson-Fisher River. The Montana Legislature should make sure these kinds of solutions remain on the table for our timber economy and our way of life.

From 1992-2000, I sat on the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission when we took on the Thompson-Fisher project.

Conservation easements were relatively new and gave some folks some heartburn.

In fact, conservation easements are a really good tool, particularly for the timber industry and hunting access. That’s as true today as it was when we created the Thompson-Fisher Conservation Easement in 1995, or when I helped found the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 1984.

The rumors that flew around the Thompson-Fisher River easement have been proven false over time. Some folks feared they would be locked out. As the owneroperator of a logging company who has worked in just about every side drainage of the Thompson-Fisher, that was the last thing I wanted.

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Today, people still hunt, fish and camp in the Thompson-Fisher. Timber harvest still takes place. The land looks pretty good.

It looks a lot better than it would if you had homes and ranchettes lining up the Thompson Valley.

Any outdoorsmen or women in western Montana over the past 20 or so years has experienced favorite places lost behind ‘no trespassing’ signs. About a half-million acres of timber land has changed hands. Too much of it has been taken out of the timber base.

Programs like the Forest Legacy and Habitat Montana do more than protect public access. They increase opportunities for active management, providing wood for homes and jobs for families, and managing to keep water clean and minimizing fire risk.

Conservation easements are a choice landowners have under their private property rights. They are not the same as preservation. Conservation easements are about using what the Good Lord has put on this Earth, but taking care of it. Not locking it up, but using it wisely in perpetuity.

When we started the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, we understood that development pressure was targeting critical elk winter range across the West. Now the foundation has hundreds of easements protecting winter range and migration routes and keeping management options open.

Kyle Weaver, current CEO and President of the foundation, recently wrote: “Voluntary conservation agreements don’t just help elk… they benefit everything from

mule deer to songbirds. And for those of us who are lucky enough to own a piece of elk country and want to leave a conservation legacy, there is no more powerful tool.”

Conservation easements have become a lot more popular over the recent decades – and for good reason.

Today, nearly every timberland owning company in western Montana has conservation easements as part of their business plan. This includes Stoltze, Stimson, Green Diamond, and many small private woodland owners.

We are very fortunate in this part of the country. We still have it pretty good.

However, managed forests and good access are privileges we should not take for granted.

In states like Colorado, the timber industry has dried up entirely. There are no mills left in operation. As a result, there are no loggers or infrastructure remaining to manage the forests. Managers and property owners are left without the tools they need to manage challenges like bark beetle outbreaks, forest pests, and wildfire hazards.

In Montana, conservation easements are one tool we have to stay in control of our own future. Our lawmakers in Helena should make sure this tool remains strong and wellfunded. That will be another legacy people will be thankful for long after we are gone.

Charlie Decker is the owner of CRD Timber and Logging Co. in Libby. He is the co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and a former Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commissioner.

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