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April 23, 2018
Archive Latest News | Poll Questions | Barbara Bush | Susan Collins | Stoned Pets

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    Acadia Insurance to distribute premium dividends to eligible PLC safety group members

    Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley Company, recently announced that it will pay nearly $1.5 million in premium dividends to eligible policyholder members of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (PLC) Safety Group. Since 1999, Acadia has distributed over $7.6 million in premium dividends to eligible participants of… Read More

    Defoliation by spruce budworm a problem at Maine’s Border

    Although we have still not seen defoliation by spruce budworm in Maine, surveyors in New Brunswick have, including some right across our border. Observers on the ground mapped very light and scattered defoliation on the New Brunswick side of the St. John… Read More

    First graduates complete PLC’s Mechanized Logging Operations Program

    The first graduates of Maine’s new post-secondary training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Sept. 22 at a ceremony held in the woods south of Medway where they spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated state-of-the-art machines like those they will encounter in the… Read More

    PLC raises over $71k at 21st Annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Golf Tournament

    The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised $71,547 at the 21st Annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Golf Tournament Sept. 15th at JATO Highlands Golf Course. The tournament, which benefits Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals in… Read More
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    Wadsworth Woodlands experts in resource management, client relationships

    Wadsworth Woodlands, Inc., is a multi-generational family owned business that has been in operation for 22 years and has over 44 years of forestry experience. Our foremost objective is to help the landowner achieve your goals of natural resource management through land management plans, and responsible… Read More

    Maine Wood Products Association announces award winners

    At a recent awards banquet held in Waterville, the Maine Wood Products Association (MWPA) presented its Pine Tree Award to Pallet One of Livermore Falls and its Pine Cone Award to Shaw & Tenney of Orono. In addition, the UMaine School… Read More

    Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands to lead national promotion efforts for Master Logger Certification program

    The American Logger’s Council (ALC) has announced that the Maine-based Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNF) will lead a national effort to promote the Master Logger Certification program. During the ALC’s Summer Board of Directors Meeting in Opelika, Alabama on July 29,… Read More

    Innovating for growth in wood product manufacturing

    Maine’s wood product manufacturers turn out fine furniture, wooden toys, construction lumber, pepper mills, modular homes, golf tees, wooden eggs for the White House Easter egg hunt, indoor and outdoor play sets, baseball bats, decorative objects and moldings, custom cabinets and much more. Read More
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    ReEnergy creates bioenergy, contributes to economy, preserves Maine forests

    ReEnergy Holdings recently celebrated the fifth annual National Bioenergy Day on Oct. 18, 2017. This day is marked across North America to inform citizens about a form of renewable energy with significant local benefits. Bioenergy is electricity and heat generated from… Read More
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    KVCC Sustainable Construction program develops holistic approach to building trade

    Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) just carved itself a niche in Maine’s construction education space, and the timing is both opportune and critically necessary. In 2014, as the pulp and paper industry came undone and the mills closed one by one, the… Read More

    Maine SFI Implementation Committee wins award for community leadership, outreach

    The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced today that the Maine SFI Implementation Committee is the winner of the 2017 SFI Implementation Committee Achievement Award. This award, announced at the SFI Annual Conference, recognizes the exceptional work of the … Read More

    A brief history of National Forest Products Week

    2017 marks the 57th anniversary of National Forest Products Week. This annual observance dates back to September 13, 1960, according to the Forest History Society. On that day, Congress passed a joint resolution providing for the establishment of an annual National Forest Products Week to be… Read More
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