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New From Komatsu: 951XC-1 Harvester

New From Komatsu: 951XC-1 Harvester  Komatsu is launching a new model of its largest harvester, the 951XC-1, with eight driven wheels to drive traction, maneuverability and stability in steep, soft or otherwise rugged conditions. Inside the cab, operators experience...

American Loggers Council Letter Urges Trump To Act Quickly

American Loggers Council Letter Urges Trump To Act Quickly American Loggers Council along with American Biomass Energy Assn. and Forest Landowners Assn. has circulated a “stakeholder” letter addressed to President Trump and other key policymakers, and invited...

USFA Partners With Montana

USFA Partners With Montana U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz and Montana Governor Greg Gianforte have signed a Shared Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a new framework between the U.S....

New From Oregon: SpeedMax XL Anti-Vibe Harvester Bar

New From Oregon: SpeedMax XL Anti-Vibe Harvester Bar Oregon’s new SpeedMax XL Anti-Vibe is the bar that answers the needs and addresses the pain points of timber harvesters. From reduced vibration to efficiency and improved quality of cut, the new bar is a cut above....

USDA Rescinds FS ‘Roadless Rule’

USDA Rescinds FS Roadless Rule Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the U.S. Forest Service is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule that restricted roadbuilding and timber harvesting on administratively designated roadless areas....

Northeast Logger Group Hires Certification Coordinator

Northeast Logger Group Hires Certification Coordinator The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC) has hired Maggie Rideout of Augusta, Me. as its new Certification Coordinator, working with loggers and landowners through the Master Logger...

F&W Forestry Expands Operations In Maine

F&W Forestry Expands Operations In Maine F&W Forestry Services, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest and largest forest management and consulting firms operating 19 offices across the country, is expanding its footprint in Maine through the acquisition of Two...

New From Tigercat: 1055D Forwarder

New From Tigercat: 1055D Forwarder During the 2025 FOREXPO in mid-June, Tigercat rolled out the newest forwarder in its lineup, the 1055D, 15-tonne machine designed to be highly configurable to meet the many differing local requirements that make up the global...

LIGNA Hosts Forwarder Competition 

LIGNA Hosts Forwarder Competition  The 15th Lower Saxony (State) Forwarder Championship was held on May 29 during the LIGNA show at the Exposition Grounds in Hannover, Germany. Ponsse and John Deere forwarders took center stage. The first round, “Tower...

Michigan Association of Timberman Supports Fuel Co-Op, On Site for Station Opening

Michigan Association of Timberman Supports Fuel Co-Op, On Site for Station Opening Michigan Assn. of Timbermen (MAT) Executive Director Justin Knepper joined the leadership team at the ribbon cutting for the Great Northern Cooperative (GNC) in Breitung Township for...

Oregon Undertaking Forest Workforce Study

As part of its education funding bill, Oregon is undertaking a forestry workforce study. Led by Associated Oregon Loggers’ Amanda Sullivan-Astor, forest policy manager, who was instrumental in its passage, the legislation tasked the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission to evaluate the forest sector workforce and analyze career paths, capacities, demographics, benefits, needs, recruitment and retention.

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Idaho Health Group Plan Keeps Growing

Idaho Health Group Plan Keeps GrowingA note in the March-April Idaho Logger publication of the Associated Logging Contractors-Idaho loggers association says the group’s health plan that...

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New From Tigercat: Triangulated Harvesting Head

New From Tigercat: Triangulated Harvesting Head

In late September 2023, visitors to the Pacific Logging Congress, a live demo event held in Washington state, got a sneak peak of the new Tigercat 573 harvesting head processing logs on the end of a Tigercat 875E logger. Since then, multiple units have been testing in far flung regions from Alberta to Australia and the results are in. The 573 is shaping up to be a high performing, reliable head for roadside processing and harvesting.

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AOL Health Insurance Now Available In Oregon

Following approval from Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation at the end of 2023, Associated Oregon Loggers is now offering logger health plans through the association. The new AOL Association Insurance Program, offered by a partnership between the AOL Health Benefits Trust and the insurance provider, Health Net of Oregon.

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