Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Weather related losses have been mounting for Vermont loggers for months now as they grapple with severe storms and abnormally warm and wet conditions year-round, yet no relief programs currently exist to help the industry. The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC)...
Feb 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
HINCKLEY, ME -The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast and Northern Maine Community College (NMCC) today announced recruiting is underway for the Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program, an expanded version of their highly...
Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA, ME – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast raised a record $287,691 for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals in Maine in 2023 through its annual Log A Load for Kids fundraising efforts. The total shattered the previous record set...
Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA, ME – On the eve of another storm with predicted heavy wind and rain, the widespread wind and flood damage caused by the powerful storm that swept through Maine on December 18 has devastated much of the state’s logging and forest trucking industry, and the...
Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA, ME – The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC) expansion beyond Maine is now well underway, and the organization has announced staff changes and additions to ensure the quality of representation and benefits offered to its members remain...
Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
12 students graduate at event at Madden Timberlands PASSADUMKEAG – Graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging and forest trucking equipment were recognized Nov. 9 at the site where they have spent recent weeks completing the...
Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Logging and forest trucking trade association hosts Vermont loggers at evening informational dinner Barre, VT – The newly expanded Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast held its first official event in Vermont on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 18 to...
Oct 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of the Northeast encourages the public and legislators to recognize loggers as vital to the Northeast’s economy and forest health AUGUSTA, ME – In recognition of Thursday, Oct. 12 as “National Loggers Day” the Professional...
Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA, ME – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine has entered a new era, as the 28-year-old trade association officially expands beyond Maine and becomes the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast. The expansion announced today, which begins...
Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tournament raised $60,612 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine LINCOLN – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its 27th Annual Northern Maine Log A Load for Maine Kids Golf Tournament Friday, Sept. 15, raising $60,612 for Children’s...