Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine and Northern Maine Community College (NMCC) applauded this week’s announcement that $1 million in dedicated federal funding has been secured to expand the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP) in...
Mar 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – Recruiting is now underway for students in the 6th cohort of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program (MLOP), which is beginning its next 12-week class June 27 in the woods northeast of Old Town. Students enrolled in the post-secondary...
Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine today released results of a survey of its members showing Maine logging companies have seen cost increases averaging 24 percent for parts, equipment, services, and fuel since January 2020. The PLC asked...
Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
AUGUSTA – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine raised a record $205,000 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2021 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fundraising efforts. The total shattered the previous record set in 2020 of...
Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
BANGOR – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its 25th Annual Meeting Friday, Oct. 29, raising a record $87,498 in the annual Log A Load For Maine Kids live auction and presenting awards to businesses, individuals, and legislators from across Maine...
Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
While the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Winter Fuels Outlook predicts rising heating bills this winter, Maine residents are in a fortunate position compared to other regions of the country, according to the state’s wood pellet fuel and logging industries....
Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
LINCOLN – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its 25th annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Northern Maine Golf Tournament on Friday, Sept. 17, raising a record $67,351 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine. The PLC hosts two Log A Load...
Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP – Twelve graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Thursday, Sept. 16 at a ceremony held at the site where they spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated state-of-the-art...
Aug 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Record $41,696 raised for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine! Northern tournament coming Sept. 17! LOVELL – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine held its third annual Log A Load for Maine Kids Southern Maine Golf Tournament Friday, Aug. 27 in...
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...