Mar 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, ALC Past President Matt Jensen carried the loggers’ message to Washington. Matt testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations, primarily about the differences that exist between...
Jan 7, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations
By Danny Dructor, Executive Vice-President By the time that this editorial goes to press in February, a delegation of the American Loggers Council will have already made its way to Washington, DC to measure the mood of the members of the new Congress, or in better...
Jan 1, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Travis Taylor, ALC President As we begin a new year, I would like to recognize all of you who have weathered the storm in 2012 and are still keeping faith and hope that 2013 brings needed changes to this profession that we call logging. There are many unresolved...
Nov 9, 2012 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Travis Taylor I waited to post my first editorial until the day after the elections, deciding that our course of action in 2013 would depend on the results that have now been tallied. Looking at the results, my best summary would be this; unless members of Congress...
Sep 4, 2012 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations
By Jim Geisinger – Chair, ALC Legislative Committee Well, it is September and at the end of this month a new fiscal year will begin for the government of the United States of America. When the American Loggers Council and its many allied associations around the...