Jan 10, 2014 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Danny Dructor, ALC Executive Vice President Twenty years ago, in 1994, a small group of professional loggers took a bold step and formed an organization called the American Loggers Council. The coalescing issue that led them to the formation of the Council was the...
Dec 10, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Markets
By Brian Nelson, ALC President I’m sure most everyone has heard this phrase in some form or another during their lifetime and many have quite possibly even used it themselves. It is one of those phrases that is used all too often today in a multitude of situations but...
Nov 6, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By ALC Presidnet Brian Nelson The term logging capacity appears to be the latest buzz word in our industry. There has been considerable discussion on the subject from mills to timberland owners to loggers and most everyone in between. While I admit that the issue is...
Oct 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Brian Nelson, ALC President As I look back on the events of the 19th Annual American Loggers Council Meeting recently held at the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, I can’t help but make a comparison between it and the government shutdown debacle that...
Sep 3, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
“Save for encountering a logging truck on a highway, most Americans have no interaction with the industry that supplies most of the building products, paper and packaging materials they consume daily. That’s a shame because loggers – America’s “invisible” workforce –...