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Einari Vidgrén Foundation Announces Annual Awards

Einari Vidgrén Foundation Announces Annual Awards The Einari Vidgrén Foundation recognized distinguished forestry professionals for the 21st time at its annual award ceremony held on June 2 at the Ponsse factory in Vieremä, Finland. A total of EUR 189,530 was awarded....

White Liquor Tank Explosion Kills 11 At Longview Packaging Plant

White Liquor Tank Explosion Kills 11 At Longview Packaging Plant Governor Bob Ferguson ordered flags to be at half-staff for a week in early June in honor of the 11 killed in the chemical tank explosion on the morning of May 26 at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant...

Maxam Promotes Ed Petros To Forestry & Port Segment Manager

Maxam Promotes Ed Petros To Forestry & Port Segment Manager Maxam Tire North America has promoted Ed Petros to Forestry and Port Segment Manager, reinforcing the company’s commitment to strengthening its leadership and expertise within two of its most important...

RFS Biomass Amendment Fails In House

RFS Biomass Amendment Fails In House Despite the best efforts of the Forest Coalition that includes the American Loggers Council, an amendment to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that would have modified the definition of renewable biomass while clarifying...

New From Tigercat: LG4053, LG5057 Grapples

New From Tigercat: LG4053, LG5057 Grapples The Tigercat LG4053 and LG5057 grapples are now offered on Tigercat 234C and 250E series track and subframe mounted loaders. Both grapples are now available with an optional Tigercat grapple saw, with a bar length of 45 in....

International Paper To Acquire North Pacific Paper

International Paper To Acquire North Pacific Paper International Paper (IP) has entered into an agreement to acquire North Pacific Paper Co. (NORPAC), a portfolio company of One Rock Capital Partners, for $360 million. NORPAC is a U.S.-based paper manufacturer...

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake City

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake City The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (FS) has announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Ut., and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the...

Road Runner Repair Celebrates 10 Years With Ponsse

Road Runner Repair Celebrates 10 Years With Ponsse Road Runner Repair began in 2011 when Aaron Vizer, after 13 years as a field service technician, started his own business. What began with a single service truck quickly grew into a full operation. Recognizing the...

FRA Announces Outstanding Logger Award Southwide Region Winners 

FRA Announces Outstanding Logger Award Southwide Region Winners  The Forest Resources Association (FRA), in partnership with John Deere, honored Ricky Summerford of Summerford Enterprises Inc. from Fulton, Miss., as the 2026 Southcentral Region Outstanding Logger and...
AOL’s Storm: FS Proposed Sale Reduction ‘Unacceptable’

AOL’s Storm: FS Proposed Sale Reduction ‘Unacceptable’

In a recent issue of Associated Oregon Loggers’ Mainline publication, AOL Executive Vice President Rex Storm says proposals for future reductions in commercial timber sales in Forest Service (FS) Region 6 (Oregon and Washington) are “unacceptable.” Looking ahead to 2023 and 2024, Storm notes FS regional officials announced in April that timber sale volume planned target for…

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Students Thank OLC Foundation

Students Thank OLC Foundation

Students at Pleasant Hill High School in Oregon recently presented a custom designed maple burl, laser engraved by the students in the Career and Technical Education program as a plaque of appreciation to the Oregon Logging Conference Foundation for the fourth annual high school career day held at this year’s OLC in February…

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Beat The Heat With StaCool Vest

Beat The Heat With StaCool Vest

The StaCool Vest core body cooling system is made of micro-thin, highly breathable materials that are easy to care for, providing wearers unsurpassed cooling comfort without compromising mobility. With models that can be worn over or under normal clothing, there is a StaCool Vest to suit any style, preference, and application…

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Fire Focus Leaves Forests To Burn

Fire Focus Leaves Forests To Burn

Large wildfires throughout Siberia are being left to burn as Russia focuses its resources on the war in Ukraine. Russia had a record-setting fire year in 2021, and 2022 is starting out at the same pace as fire season has arrived in Russia several months early…

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Oregon Timber Agreement Said To Be Historic

Oregon Timber Agreement Said To Be Historic

An historic agreement between the timber industry and environmental advocates that the Oregon state legislature recently passed into law forms a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act, and is the result of months of negotiations facilitated by Gov. Kate Brown in which, among others, Roseburg Forest Products directly participated…

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