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...
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...
Aug 5, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Call to Action
By Mark Turner – Turner Logging In my previous article, I discussed how many of us got into logging and some of the challenges facing today’s loggers with respect to where the next generation of loggers is going to come from. It’s apparent that I’m not the only one...
Jun 3, 2013 | American Loggers Council, Editorials
By Mark Turner – Turner Logging Recently, during an Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) executive committee meeting, I learned there was a timber company executive who was very concerned about the looming shortage of logging contractors. He wanted to know what AOL could...