Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine cheered the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that $200 million in aid for timber harvesters and haulers included in a bipartisan $900 billion COVID-19 relief package approved...
Jul 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
MILFORD – Classes are now underway for students in the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP), which began its fifth year of classes June 28 in the woods northeast of Old Town. Students enrolled in the college program at Northern Maine Community College...
Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine in late May completed its annual Spring Logger and Fleet Safety Training series, providing training over the course of three months to more than 800 loggers and truckers throughout the state of Maine for...
Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
OLD TOWN – Recruiting is now underway for students in the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP), which is beginning its next 12-week class June 28 in the woods northeast of Old Town. Students enrolled in the post-secondary training program will spend...
Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
HOULTON – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine applauded an announcement Tuesday by LP Building Solutions, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of engineered wood building products, that it will invest approximately $150 million to convert part of its...
Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised a record $136,716 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2020 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fund raising efforts despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The total exceeded the...
Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine cheered the announcement late Monday that $200 million in aid for timber harvesters and haulers has been included in an approved bipartisan $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, and credited Maine’s...
Dec 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine is applauding the announcement Monday that $200 million in aid for timber harvesters and haulers has been included in a bipartisan $908 billion Senate COVID-19 relief package, and crediting Maine’s U.S....
Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
JAY – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine is disappointed by Pixelle Specialty Solutions’ announcement today that the pulp digester destroyed by an explosion at its Jay mill in April will not be rebuilt, and alarmed by the effect the permanent...
Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine is calling a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to deny the same aid U.S. farmers are receiving through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to timber harvesters and haulers...
