by Taryn Hecker | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s your Weekly WrapUp of industry news! Stay informed! Stay Logger Strong! UP IN SMOKE: New Mexico, Idaho among states with most acres burned by wildfires in 2022. MORE HERE ‘NEAR MISS:’ Officials from Boise National Forest’s Cascade Ranger District are meeting...
by Taryn Hecker | Jan 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Registration is open for the 2023 3-Day LEAP (Logger Education to Advance Professionalism) and LEAP Update Sessions! The 3-Day LEAP is required for accreditation through the Idaho Pro-Logger program and to maintain accreditation, it’s recommended that Idaho...
by Taryn Hecker | Jan 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s your Weekly WrapUp of industry news! Stay informed! Stay Logger Strong! MISTIMBERSTOOD: Why do some admire firefighters for risking their lives to protect our communities and homes, yet frequently demonize loggers for doing the same in our forests? MORE HERE...
by Taryn Hecker | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Stay informed! Stay #LoggerStrong! ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER LAWSUIT: A conservation group is suing the Kootenai National Forest over its 95,000-acre Black Ram logging project in the Yaak Valley north of Troy. More HERE WOTUS WOES: The American Farm Bureau Federation...
by Taryn Hecker | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s your Weekly WrapUp of industry news! Stay informed! Stay Logger Strong! IDAHO LEGISLATIVE SESSION KICKOFF: Gov. Little’s “State of the State” can be viewed live 1 p.m. Monday on Idaho Public Television or at IPTV’s YouTube channel HERE...
by Taryn Hecker | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Stay informed with ALC-Idaho’s Weekly WrapUp of industry news! ‘PROFORESTATION’: A relatively new term being used in the environmental community calls for banning forest management on public lands. MORE HERE HARNESSING PARTNERSHIPS: Legislation from Republican...