Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands Annual Meeting region by expanding the ranks of certified Master Logger BANGOR, ME - The Trust to Conserve Northeast companies in the region. Forestlands (TCNF) held it’s 2021 Annual Meeting on Friday, Oct. 29, presenting awards and welcoming new loggers to the *Launched a highly successful series of logger stream Northeast Master Logger Certification Program, which TCNF crossing workshops across the region. The workshops are an administers. opportunity not only for loggers to refresh their skills, but to The event at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, ME share their own experiences and ideas with the greater logging community. was attended by dozens of Master Logger certified companies from Northeast states, who gathered in person for the first time in *Conducted a harvest tour in Oct. 2021 hosted by Maine two years. The 2020 meeting was held online due to the COVID- Master Logger Trees Ltd. with U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty 19 pandemic. Walsh. Walsh participated in a roundtable discussion with Don and Will Cole of Trees Ltd., and Master Loggers Steve Master Logger Sam Lincoln of Lincoln Farm Timber Hanington, Duane Jordan, and Tony Madden. The event Harvesting in Vermont was awarded the 2021 Master was also attended by U.S. Congressman Jared Golden of Logger Leadership Award, which is presented to Maine and the media. outstanding supporters of the Northeast Master Logger Certification Program. *Won additional recognition for certified Master Loggers when it comes to meeting fiber sourcing and forest Sam is an exemplary Master Logger who served management standards. The new recognition will become for nearly four years as Deputy Commissioner for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. In that role, he was effective in 2022. a strong advocate for loggers and the industry who earned praise *Expanded outreach efforts to certify additional Master for focusing on practical, on-the-ground solutions to ensure Loggers. including two recent meet and greet events in New forestry operations are conducted in a York and a strong presence at the 2021 way that protects water quality. He Northeastern Forest Products championed work related to Vermont’s Equipment Logger’s Expo in Maine. forest economy, including logger safety New Master Logger training, a workers’ compensation companies in 2020 and 2021 include: insurance program for employers, in-theAldrighetti Logging, LLC, Randolph, woods workshops for loggers designed to VT; Burbank Logging & Trucking Inc., improve water quality, forest Weld, ME; Charles Lane Inc., management mobile technology tools, Sherman, ME; Crown Point and initiatives supporting forest products Excavation, LLC, Chester, VT; businesses. Emerson And Sons Logging, LLC, “It was great to have so many Groton, VT; Fortune Trucking LLC, Master Loggers in attendance, to Washington, ME; JCG Logging Inc., recognize Master Logger Sam Lincoln of Fort Kent, ME; Kimball & Sons Lincoln Farm Timber Harvesting in Logging & Trucking, Poland, ME; L.E. Vermont with the 2021 Master Logger Taylor, Porter, ME; Lipsky Logging Leadership Award, and to welcome new and Land Clearing, LLC, Stowe, VT; Master Loggers who earned certification LJG Woodlands LLC, Fort Kent, ME; TCNF Director Ted Clark, at left, presents the McCafferty Logging, Hebron, ME; in 2020 and 2021,” Ted Wright, 2021 Master Logger Leadership Award to Executive Director of TCNF, said. “The NDB Logging, ME; Olmstead Property Master Logger Sam Lincoln of Lincoln Farm Services, LLC., Bethel, VT; Pepin last year has been one of expansion and Timber Harvesting in Vermont . progress for the Trust and the Master Lumber, Coburn Gore, ME; Plummer Logger program, and we are excited to Forest Products, Palermo, ME; R & J look ahead at plans for even more in 2022.” Logging, New Limerick, ME; Rolling Meadows Farm Logging, Reading, VT; S&S Logging, Inc., Wallagrass, ME; SKS Furbush In the past year, the Trust and the Master Logger Logging, LLC., Smithfield, ME; Southwind Forestry LLC, program have: Pawlet, VT; Spaulding Field & Forest, Hartland, VT; Third *Won a $250,000 grant through The Future Forest Economy Initiative to enhance markets for certified wood and to Branch Horse Logging, LLP, Braintree, VT; Thurston Forestry, N. Clarendon, VT; TNT Road Company, Inc., Fort Kent, ME. strengthen the supply chain for wood in the Northern Forest
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