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America’s Biggest Wood Pellet Exporter Warns Its long-term history has some weight when the market gets tight,”
Future Is in Jeopardy; Stock Crashes Burney explained.
US wood pellets have never been more in demand around the While Meadowbrook Farms has already set up the stakes for
world as a replacement for coal. Yet investors are dumping the Christmas tree sales, other farms in western Massachusetts
shares of the biggest US pellet exporter after it warned that it aren’t as lucky.
may not be able to remain in business. “You’ll see some farms shutting down this year because, you
Enviva, which processes trees at facilities across the South know, it takes a lot of help and labor is a little bit more expensive
and ships the resulting pellets abroad to be burned in power now, but the tree prices in our area, I don’t think are gone up
plants, gave investors a litany of bad news, prompting a 78% enough yet to justify it,” said Michael Moore, owner of Silver
drop in its shares to less than $1 in mid-November. Bell Farm in East Longmeadow.
It’s the latest big drop for the stock that traded for more than Moore is not selling Christmas trees this year. “Unfortunately,
$80 less than two years ago. Shares plunged in the spring after we couldn’t get enough. I was expecting to get more. You can
Enviva eliminated its dividend in favor of a strategy to build new actually see the empty tree stands set up here ready to go,”
plants across the South in hopes of taking advantage of the glut Moore explained. “There is a little bit of a shortage in our region
of pine trees. and the prices have gone up just enough to price us out what
In addition to the going concern warning, Enviva said that we can resell the tree for here.”
it: Lost $85.2 million during the third quarter, much more than To compensate for this holiday season, Moore will be
expected; Replaced its CEO with its recently hired CFO; Scrapped hosting a light show at the farm and he is hoping to count on
its earlier earnings guidance; Hired restructuring advisers. the support of the community, so next year, they can come back
The problem is not demand for wood pellets. Through stronger and able to sell trees again.
September, US exports are tracking 6% higher than last year’s WESTERN MASS NEWS
record shipments, according to Agriculture Department data.
Enviva, which accounts for most US exports, said that Swedish Sawmills Diversify Their Export
sales on a metric ton basis rose during the quarter. The issue, Markets, Shipments to the US Increase to
executives said, is that long-term supply contracts were a Record-High Share
negotiated when prices were more favorable to Enviva than Lumber trade has become more global over the past few decades
they are now. with an increased flow of wood products from forest-rich
“We are actively addressing the company’s cash flow and countries to regions lacking domestic forests to supply the local
liquidity challenges as well as working with customers to markets. One example is Sweden, where lumber manufacturers
renegotiate contracts,” said incoming CEO Glenn Nunziata. have expanded their sales far outside the markets they supplied
WSJ in the past. Fifteen years ago, almost 80% of the country’s
lumber export volume was shipped to European markets. That
share has declined to about 55% in the past years.
Low Demand, Tree Shortage Impacting Local The biggest decline in market shares has been in the MENA
Christmas Tree Farms (Middle East and North Africa) region, which has fallen from 28%
To get ready for Christmas, some farms around western to 20% over the past ten years. During the same period, the
Massachusetts set up for tree sales before Thanksgiving, but US market has increased in importance, with the share rising
not all farms, since tree shortages and lack of demand may be from about 1% in 2013 to over 9% in 2Q/23. According to Wood
impacting this year’s business. Resources International, this has been a positive development
“We’ve sold Christmas trees here on this lot for 30 years for many Swedish sawmills since the prices for lumber destined
and hope to do it for another 30,” said John Burney, owner of for the US are substantially higher than for wood sold to countries
Meadowbrook Farm in East Longmeadow. in Northern Africa and the Middle East. In the 2Q/23, the average
“The season seems to be getting earlier and earlier each export price for the US was almost 45% higher than for lumber
year. Now, we’ll open up the day before Thanksgiving rather exported to Egypt, the largest market in the MENA region.
than the day after,” Burney added. Sweden exported 10% more lumber in the first half of 2023
Burney said they’ll have about 200 Christmas trees available than during the same period in 2022, and in 2023 is on track
for sale at his farm this year. That’s a normal range for him, to be a record year in shipments. The biggest increases y-o-y
despite the current tree shortage, increase in prices, and low were seen in sales to MENA followed by Europe, while export
demand that is impacting other farms around the area. volumes to the US and Asia fell by 8% and 3%, respectively.
“It’s going to impact us some, but certainly not the same The strongest improvements to the top-10 markets this year
as the new guy trying to get established with a supplier. That have been to China (+59% y-o-y), the Netherlands (+49%),

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Egypt (+36%), France (+17%), and the UK (+15%). carving and the equipment and skills they use to turn logs into
There is much uncertainty in worldwide demand for lumber lumber and clear trees after storms.
in the 2H/23. However, there are signals of upward movements Across the country, these events have raised 55 million
in prices in the US market because of tighter supply and slightly dollars for hospitals like Hasbro. The loggers and Girl Scouts of
higher demand. During the first six months of 2023, the US total Southern New England hope to do it again next year.
import volume was just over 17 million m3, the lowest half-year WJAR
import volume since the 1H/20. Sweden’s share of this market
has increased from 1.9% in the 1H/21 to 3.3% in the 1H/23. In Predatory Flies Offer New Hope for Hemlock
2023, the leading European exporters to the US were Germany Forests
(52% of the European supply), Sweden (22%), Austria (7%), First discovered in the eastern United States in 1951, hemlock
Romania (7%), and the Czech Republic (3%). With the log woolly adelgid is responsible for the demise of large tracts of
supply tightening in Central Europe, exports from this region hemlock forests in the region. According to expert entomologists,
will likely decline in the coming year. the pest has been steadily advancing northward, compounded
WOOD RESOURCE QUARTERLY by the effects of climate change, putting vast hemlock forests in
Long Falls Paperboard Plant ‘Idled,’ 34 the upper Midwest, northern New England, and Canada at risk.
Employees Lose Jobs To combat this threat, researchers and forest managers have
Citing an industry-wide downturn in the paper and paperboard explored varied solutions, including insecticide treatments, tree
industry, Long Falls Paperboard announced plans to "idle ... breeding for resistance, and silvicultural practices. An additional
for an undefined period" its facility on Wellington Avenue in weapon in their evolving arsenal is the use of predatory insects
Brattleboro, Vermont. to control the hemlock woolly adelgid, a method known as
“We are still fully committed to restarting our mill but with “biological control.”
the uncertainty, it’s almost impossible for me to tell people In recent years, a pair of predatory beetle species, Laricobius
when,” said Richard Normandin, managing partner. Normandin nigrinus and Laricobius osakensis, has shown promise in
said material and utility costs continue to increase while the establishing populations in the wild, but the beetles have thus far
commodity price has dropped “dramatically.” proved insufficient to alone halt hemlock damage. This is where
“It’s not something the mill controlled,” he said. “We built the silver fly enters the picture. Researchers have identified
an amazing team. We haven’t done anything wrong for it to not two silver fly species, Leucotaraxis piniperda and Leucotaraxis
be successful. It’s market related...” He said 34 of the mill’s argenticollis, as additional predators of the hemlock woolly
54 employees will lose their jobs through at least six months. adelgid. Before introducing these insects into the East, extensive
Twenty employees will remain at the plant to keep the machines studies were conducted to ensure their safety to the larger
warm during the interim. ecosystem and permitted for release by USDA-APHIS.
Normandin characterized the closure as “a strategic To be a viable biological control agent, the silver flies must
transition,” and still believes the Brattleboro facility “holds a also demonstrate their ability to reproduce substantially in the
great future in a niche market and there is significant revenue to wild. Thus far, the results have been encouraging. In addition to
be made here… We are committed to the future success of the the silver flies recovered in 2023 in King William County, Virginia,
mill but in the interim we are encouraging our work force to utilize in 2022, researchers discovered silver flies with matching DNA
their personal skills in contributing to the local businesses in the in Wythe County, Virginia, not far from a location where 90 adults
community and generate a stable revenue for their family while had been released two years earlier in April 2020. Moreover,
we are re-engineering our product offer to the market need.” Leucotaraxis argenticollis have been observed reproducing in
BRATTLEBORO REFORMER the wild in the state of New York.
Nathan Havill, a research entomologist with the Forest Service’s
Northern Research Station, emphasized the significance of this
RI Wood Operators’ Organization and Girl Scouts achievement: “Using biological controls is an ambitious effort to
Host Log a Load for Kids Fundraiser suppress hemlock woolly adelgid populations across its range.
The Rhode Island Wood Operators’ Organization (RIWOO) and Predatory beetles alone probably couldn’t do it, so it is a big deal
the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England teamed up to that these silver flies have been recovered in the wild.”
host a Log a Load for Kids fundraiser event in Rhode Island on Buoyed by the results of these recoveries, the Forest Service,
October 28, 2023. The event was a first for RIWOO. in conjunction with state and university partners, continues
Loggers, arborists, lumbermen, and the Girl Scouts have to release silver flies at new locations while monitoring for
raised over $30,000 to benefit the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in additional recoveries. As Havill reflects, “For over half a century,
Providence, part of the national Children’s Miracle Network. hemlock woolly adelgid has been decimating hemlock forests
They hosted a family fun day with food and activities at Camp across the eastern United States. We have a lot of work ahead
Hoffman, operated by the Girl Scouts in West Kingston. Food of us, but I am hopeful that we’ll be able to look back upon
and displays attracted enough people to raise tens of thousands these recoveries of predatory silver flies as having been a
of dollars for Hasbro Children’s Hospital. crucial moment in the effort to save eastern hemlock forests.”
The Rhode Island Wood Operators showed off chainsaw USDA FOREST SERVICE

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from the editor

’Tis the Season

T
he December issue has traditionally been where we publish our annual directory – lists of
our industrial and associate members, public agencies in the regions that we serve, forest
industry associations, and other guides. Some members and organizations make note of
their plans for 2024 and announce the dates of their annual meeting here. The purpose of this
directory is to help you make connections with industry members and other regional organizations,
and we include updated key personnel and contact information. We hope you find this reference
useful throughout the coming year.
December also gives NELA members and other businesses a chance to offer a cheerful holiday
message to all of our readers, and they’ve done just that! Throughout this issue, you’ll find eye-
catching, festive messages from around the forest products community, which will hopefully
provide some symbolic warmth as you peruse these pages on a cold winter day.
On a different note, there has been a lot of buzz in the last few years in the industry about
emerging wood innovations – from mass timber, and wood fiber insulation, to biochar and
pyrolysis oil (a liquid fuel produced from wood). These are all great things that help expand and
create markets for wood products that help support the sustainable management of forestland –
something to get excited about. Erin Kessler
There are also millions of dollars of federal funding available in the form of Wood Innovations
erin@northernlogger.com
Grants and Community Wood Grants from the USDA Forest Service. Examples of eligible projects,
according to the Forest Service website, include the “purchase of sawmill equipment, stationary NorthernLogger
wood energy equipment, or other wood product equipment to create markets to support forest
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management.” Other projects that have been awarded grants in previous years are those that
establish or increase manufacturing capacity or develop commercial woody biomass and wood
product utilization parks. There are many more examples.
The Forest Service’s primary goals for funding these grants are to “reduce hazardous fuels and
improve forest health on National Forest System and other forest lands, reduce costs of forest
management on all land types, and promote economic and environmental health of communities.”
The program intends to “stimulate, expand, and support wood products markets and wood energy
markets.”
With that in mind, the deadline to apply for these grants is coming up quickly – December
15, 2023. Many of our members and readership would likely qualify, and many of you may have
already applied or are deep in the application process. If not, and you’re curious and think your
company could benefit, check out the Wood Innovations Program website to start the application
process. And if it’s too late to get started now, hopefully the grant program will be offered next year,
and with this knowledge, you’ll be poised to take advantage of it.
While new wood innovations projects are extremely important, let’s not overlook
the traditional and simple uses of wood here in the Northern US – the firewood that
goes into the wood stove or campfire, the lumber that goes into building a house or In the November 2023 issue we
restoration project, or the Christmas tree that you’ll put up in your living room. published a photo of a young man
One example of the timeless use of wood – which has served us as humans for jumping out of a skidder. Some of
thousands of years and also provides immediate carbon storage – is in furniture. In our readers have commented that
this issue, writer Ross Caron describes the entire process of harvesting hardwood it “showed how to not follow the
trees on Dartmouth College land and turning it into furniture for the college’s dorms. three points of contact rule while
The wood did not move out of a 170-mile radius, and Caron’s story provides an dismounting a piece of equipment.”
excellent example of sustainable harvesting practices, demonstrating each step in a We regret the editorial choice to
very local wood supply chain. publish the photo due to its showing
Also in this issue, we feature a book review by author Jim Frohn. He reviews an an unsafe practice. We sincerely
old-time novel set in the Maine woods, with all the adventure, romance, and high- apologize and hope that what is
stakes drama of the logging and river driving days of the turn of the twentieth century. shown in the photo will be taken as an
There’s a lot in this issue to take in, so grab a cup of coffee or a hot beverage of example of exactly what not to do.
your choice, and dive into our December issue. Happy Holidays!

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Call for Board Nominations and companies in the following categories – Logging Operator,
The Northeastern Loggers’ Association owes its long-term Sawmill Operator, Wood Manufacturer, Forest Products Trucking
success primarily to our volunteer Board of Directors. The Operator, Management of Resources, Contribution to Forest
Nominating Committee will soon consider candidates to fill Industry Education, Contribution to Safety, Industry Advocate,
vacancies on the board for terms starting in May 2024. Anyone Use of Wood, and Service to the Forest Industry. See page 13
interested in being considered for nomination to the NELA Board for nomination instructions. Nominations are due no later than
of Directors should submit a letter of interest to: Nominating January 31, 2024, and the winners will be honored at the Annual
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DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE’S
“FOREST
TO DORM’’
PROJECT
BY ROSS CARON

A
t the start of this fall semester, students who moved into
Dartmouth College’s Andres Hall were greeted with beautiful
brand-new wooden furniture made from trees harvested on
Dartmouth’s own land. Each student in the dorm was issued a bed,
desk, dresser, and bookcase made from sugar maple cut last winter
on Dartmouth’s Second College Grant, (the Grant), a 27,000-acre
tract located in northern New Hampshire.
In fact, every room in every dorm at Dartmouth is outfitted
with furniture made from logs cut on the Grant as well as some
additional trim and furniture around the college, including tables in
the President’s conference room, Provost Office desks, cabinets,
and conference table, and furniture and paneling at Dartmouth
Skiway.
The project goes back 25 years to the winter of 1998 when
60,000 board feet of sugar maple logs were harvested, sawed,
dried, and made into furniture for several dorms including Andres
Hall which, at the time, was newly built. The project was a success,
and it continued for the next seven years with a total of 200,000
board feet being cut and made into furniture for the rest of the
dorms during that time.

Counterclockwise from top: Logger Bryan Lambert pulling a hitch with his 1993
Cat 518C cable skidder on the Second College Grant. A maple log being sawn at
DCI Sawmill in South Royalton, VT. Kevin Evans at DCI Furniture Plant in Lisbon, NH,
standing next to maple parts that will be assembled into furniture for Dartmouth
College’s Andres Hall. Interior view of DCI’s production facility in Lisbon, NH.

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 PHOTOS BY ROSS CARON

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 According to Dartmouth College Forester Kevin Evans, the percentage of sawlogs.” Evans, who has been Dartmouth’s
idea was Woody Eckels’s, then Head of Residential Life. “It was forester for the past 31 years, has worked to continuously improve
a big change for us,” explains Evans, “because all the dorms the quality of Dartmouth’s forestland. Timber cruise data shows
had traditionally been red oak.” Hard maple and yellow birch that in 1967 the Grant had only 3 million board feet of sawlogs on
samples were sent to the college and the possibility of using the property. By 1998 it was up to 40 million, and it is currently at
beech was discussed. The college eventually decided to go with 52 million. At this volume, and with a current growth rate of 0.36
maple, mostly because of its availability as a common sawlog cords per acre per year, Evans estimates the sustainable harvest
species on the Grant. of sawlogs to be 750,000 board feet annually.
Because of wear and tear, Dartmouth has planned to re- On a cold winter morning in January, independent logger
fit individual dorms every 20 to 25 years, and in the winter of Bryan Lambert of Berlin, NH, was cutting a marked thinning
2023 the college started the process again for Andres Hall. The in this well-formed northern hardwood stand. The cold was a
logs harvested for this year’s project came from the very same welcome change from the unseasonably warm winter we’d been
location that provided the wood for the 1998 project. having so far, and he was working to freeze in some trails to the
This stand, located about 8 miles north of the main gate, like back of the piece.
many of the hardwood stands on the Grant, was heavily cut and Lambert graduated from Berlin High School’s forestry
high-graded in the 1960s. Evans says that “as a consequence, program in 1990 and has been logging ever since. “I graduated
we started growing pulpwood exponentially (throughout the on Friday and was logging on Monday,” he recalls. He enjoys
Grant) and it’s taken a long time to shift that to having a higher the solitude and says, “I’m happiest and most at home in the

200 YEARS OF LOGGING ON THE SECOND COLLEGE GRANT

In June 1808, the New Hampshire Legislature granted 27,000 businessmen from Lebanon, New Hampshire, and within a
acres of land in Coös County – a rugged, forested, and few years a farm was cleared, and a water-powered sawmill
mountainous tract along the Maine border – to Dartmouth was built near Diamond Gorge. The next 100 years involved
College. This timberland is known as the Dartmouth Second mostly short-term stumpage contracts with various business
College Grant. There were some early efforts to farm the land, concerns including George Van Dyke’s infamous Connecticut
but the locals were mostly interested in the tall white pines Valley Lumber and industry giant International Paper.
that grew along the banks of the Dead Diamond and Swift During a spruce budworm outbreak in the 1920s, the
Diamond rivers. college contracted the sale of stumpage to Brown Company,
Logging began almost immediately and mostly without a pulp and paper manufacturer in Berlin, NH. This was a
permission from or payment to Dartmouth. A $1,000 heavy cut that removed most merchantable softwood timber
settlement collected from timber thief Lewis Loomis, caught and produced 220,000 cords of logs and pulpwood during
in the early 1830s, was the first real income the college a 10-year period. The sale provided Dartmouth with $1.5
realized from the property. Loomis, a state militia Brigadier million dollars in stumpage fees, an amount very close to the
General, and a prominent county leader, agreed to pay and college’s total annual budget at that time. A newly developed
was not prosecuted. This helped convince the trustees and road system built in 1944 allowed the college to begin
college treasurer that there was more money to be made harvesting some of the hardwood that had been previously
selling stumpage than there was in selling farms. In 1841, of little value, as it couldn’t be floated on the rivers. Another
all the white pine timber on the grant was sold to a pair of budworm salvage occurred during the late 1970s and early
80s before a new management plan was written in 1985.
Today, active forest management continues on the
Second College Grant and, per the original charter of 1808,
all revenue is required to be used for scholarships. The Grant
consists of 22,000 acres managed for timber and 2,600
acres designated as a natural area, including a large winter
deer yard. The remaining acreage is either steep slope, high
COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH ARCHIVES

elevation, or riparian area. There are 72 miles of road on

the property, 675 culverts, and 14 bridges. Currently, 50-60
percent of the land is northern hardwoods, 25-30 percent
mixed forest, and 15 percent softwood. Timber, wildlife,
recreation, water resources, and infrastructure are all part of
the management mix. Approximately 6,500 to 8,000 cords
are harvested annually.

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 1808 The New Hampshire legislature grants
27,000 acres to Dartmouth College
1841 Sale of all pine stumpage on the grant to
Nathanial Hall and Ziba Durkee for $6,652
1888 Stumpage sold to notorious timber baron
George Van Dyke of Connecticut Valley
Lumber Company. Pine was worth $6 per
thousand board feet, everything else $1.25
1898 Lease signed over to International Paper.
Dartmouth sues IP for cutting more than
the contract allows and in 1904 is awarded
$49,000 in damages
1905 Philip Ayres becomes the first college
forester and is employed until 1912
1920-30 Ten years of extensive timber harvesting
by Brown Company of Berlin to salvage
softwood damaged by a spruce budworm
outbreak. $1.5 million generated in
stumpage fees
1944 Federal funding provided for road building to
facilitate harvesting timber for war purposes.
A bridge built across the Diamond and 8
miles of new road along the Dead Diamond
1947 The Pack Report released emphasizing
multiple use
1947-70 Robert Monahan serves as the college
forester. A new road system allows the
harvesting of hardwood logs for the first
time. Construction begins on a system
of cabins
1963 Last of the river drives. After this, all wood
leaves the Grant by truck
1970 Prentiss and Carlisle of Bangor, ME hired to
write a 10-20 year management plan with
provisions for an annual harvest of 4,000
cords. Seven Islands Company hired to
implement it
1982-84 Another spruce budworm salvage
1987 Ed Witt hired as the third college forester.
Long term planning, multiple use, and basic
sustainability practices implemented, with
the NH Fish and Game Department actively
involved in planning the harvesting activity to
support wildlife habitat management
1993 Kevin Evans hired as college forester
present Implementing a new management plan and
continued long-term, sustainable forest
management. Shifting from timber-based
only to ecosystem-based management

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 COURTESY NORTH BRANCH CONSTRUCTION
woods.” He credits high school forestry instructor Tom Alt and A newly refurbished dorm room in Andres Hall.
some French-Canadian loggers he worked with early in his
career for much of the training and logging knowledge that has projects is because of the company’s local setting. Minimizing
helped him succeed in the business. Lambert uses Husqvarna the movement of logs and lumber and staying within a core area
562 chainsaws and runs a 1993 CAT 518C skidder purchased of the college is important for Dartmouth’s sustainability mindset.
from local logging contractor Mike Kelley, owner of Kel-log Inc. With the start of Dartmouth’s fall term coming fast, by mid-
Lambert notes that the machine “was taken good care of.” August DCI’s plant was working hard to meet their deadline to
Most years he logs about 30 weeks on the Grant and generally have the furniture built and installed before move-in day.
produces four trailer loads of product per week. Bert Drouin, Henry Kober, owner and founder of DCI, describes the plant’s
of Gorham, NH, handles his slashing, loading, and trucking. operational model as “high mix, low volume” where the furniture
Lambert says he enjoys cutting marked wood and finds it is all “made to order.” DCI currently employs 160 workers at
satisfying to look back through a completed piece. It took him their Lisbon, NH location, running one full shift and a second
about three weeks to accumulate the 12,000 board feet of no.1 partial shift. The plant burns wood scraps, chips, and sawdust
and better maple sawlogs needed for the Andres Hall project. produced during the manufacturing process to run the kilns and
Evans estimates the average age of those trees to be between heat the buildings. Design and engineering are done in-house.
100 and 125 years old. Nelson Sweeney, former long-term DCI employee and current
By March, the maple logs Lambert cut in January had independent sales representative, says putting together multiple
been trucked out of the woods and were being sawn at DCI custom orders simultaneously (as many as 15) is a complex
Sustainable Hardwood Furniture’s sawmill in South Royalton, process. Computer software creates a panel list and individual
VT. DCI is a vertically integrated company that manufactures boards are run through automated rip and cut-off saws where the
institutional furniture at three US locations, with the main market cutting decisions are based on that panel list. The cuttings are
for their products being colleges and military bases. Their grouped together by items and sent to different manufacturing
headquarters is in Lisbon, NH, which is also home to the plant stations throughout the building. All parts or panels then go
where the furniture for Andres Hall was made. through a finishing process before being assembled into a final
At DCI’s sawmill in Vermont, about 60 miles south of the product. It takes approximately four weeks from the rough mill,
Lisbon, NH plant, 10,000 board feet of ash, red oak, hard and to the kilns, to final assembly. Output is generally two trailer
soft maple, or yellow birch is sawn daily using a double-cut band loads of furniture daily.
headsaw, with no resaw. This volume happens to be about the By the first week of September, the furniture made from the
same amount used daily at their Lisbon manufacturing facility. maple harvested on the Grant was installed in all 92 rooms of
After being sawn at the South Royalton, VT mill, lumber is Andres Hall, just in time for students to move in. Evans finds the
shipped to Lisbon for drying and processing. Kiln time for maple project – from forest to sawmill to dorm – especially satisfying.
is about two weeks. Logs are often delivered to Lisbon and then “For me, it’s something tangible. Most of my wood leaves and I
backhauled to the sawmill on the returning lumber truck. One don’t know where it goes or what it gets made into. This I get to
of the reasons Dartmouth contracts with DCI for their dorm actually see.” NL

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 Call for
2023 Award
Nominations
The Northeastern Loggers’ Association, through its
annual awards program, will recognize significant
achievement during the year 2023 in 11 major categories.

THE AWARD CATAGORIES

Outstanding Logging Operator
Outstanding Sawmill Operator
Outstanding Industry Advocate
Outstanding Service to the Forest Industry
Outstanding Wood Manufacturer
Outstanding Management of Resources
Outstanding Leadership in Industry
Outstanding Forest Products Trucking Operator
Outstanding Contributions to Forest Industry Education
Outstanding Use of Wood
Outstanding Contributions to Safety

EVERY LOGGER NEEDS THE

ELIGIBILITY
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party. The nominee must reside or conduct business in the
Northeastern Region of the United States as delineated by the USFS.
That definition includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky.

JUDGING
All nominations will be judged by the Awards Committee of the
Northeastern Loggers’ Association which is made up of no less than
three and no more than five members appointed by the president.

ENTRY PROCEDURES
Send a brief (500 words or less) description of why you think the
nominee should be given the award in the appropriate category. Along
with the description, send a biographical sketch of the nominee and the
names of two individuals who will verify and support the nomination.

DEADLINE
Nominations, addressed to the Awards Committee, Northeastern
Loggers’ Association, Box 69, Old Forge, New York 13420, must be
received by JANUARY 31, 2024.

THE PRESENTATION
The awards will be given at the annual Loggers’ Banquet sponsored by
Farm Credit East. The Banquet will be held in Burlington, Vermont.

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book review

King Spruce, A Novel

Holman Day
Published April, 1908
New York: A. L. Burt Company, by arrangement with Harper & Brothers

BY JIM FROHN

K
ing Spruce is a novel that and the only sounds were the rasping of legs and snowshoes,
takes place during the and the soft thudding of snow-chunks dropped from the limbs
days of Maine logging of overladen trees.”
and river driving of the late 1800s New logging technology is continually being developed, and
and early 1900s, and was written the tools and techniques that are useful become adopted, and
during those times. The story is after a while they are taken for granted. We forget that the rubber-
about lumber barons, logging tired skidder was once a major innovation in logging, and now it is
operators, camps, and river used less as time goes by. In King Spruce, a noted technological
drives, along with all the colorful
characters that were involved in
the business in those days.
Dwight Wade, a young college-
educated school principal who
quits his job after being rejected
by the father of the woman he is seeing, heads to the logging
woods of Maine to escape his troubles. He ends up being hired
to run a logging and river driving operation by Rod Ide, an
independent timberland owner, despite knowing little about the
logging business. Rivalries develop between Wade’s company
and the big timber baron of the area, John “King Spruce” Barrett,
who also happens to be the man who wouldn’t allow Wade to
court his daughter. Barrett is running for governor and has a
secret that will ruin his chances of being elected if found out.
Wade, Ide, and their allies represent new ways in the woods
as well as the independent operator going up against the
entrenched interests of big landowners.
In addition to the captivating plot, the descriptions of the
logging operations of the day make for an interesting read. Though
technology has changed dramatically, many of the challenges are
the same for today’s timber harvesters. The author describes the
whole process of a winter’s logging. Hauling in supplies, building
camps, establishing log yards and landings, felling and yarding
timber, and building skid roads are all part of the story.
The author clearly experienced lumber camps and the
logging woods. His descriptions, though sometimes wordy, are
well-written and make the reader feel as if they were there. The
author’s ability to set a rich and realistic scene is illustrated by
a description of snowshoeing in the dark: “Wade dragged the
moose-sled, walking behind old Christopher in the patch of
radiance that the lantern flung upon the snow. Treading ever and
ever on the same whiteness in that little circle of light, it seemed
to Wade that he was making no progress, but that the big trees
were silently crowding their way past like specters, and that he…
simply lifted his feet to make idle tracks. The winds were still,

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advancement is using crosscut saws to
make the back cut rather than just an axe
to fell a tree.
Many of the issues faced in the early
1900s are familiar to today’s timber
industry as well. There is discussion of the
tension between the stumpage owners,
the logging operators, and the mills. “The
operator can’t make money, Mr. Barrett,
the way he’s ground between the owners
of stumpage and the men downriver who
buy his logs in the boom.”
Conflicts between logging and rec-
reational use occurred even back then.
While walking a trail long used by hunters,
trappers, guides, and fishermen, Wade
and Christopher Straight, an old woods-
man who is helping cruise the Ide timber-
lands, come to a section recently logged
by John “King Spruce” Barrett’s woods
operations boss, Pulaski D. Britt. The
path was blocked by felled timber and
slash, and the two complain bitterly about
Britt’s lack of regard for others who use
the woods.
The author also illustrates the differ-
ences in thought about how to treat the
woods – a familiar disagreement today.
Straight describes how Britt cut an area
three times, in short succession, first for
the big logs, then for everything eleven
inches and up, “and the third time, even
the poles. That’s forestry as he practices
it! He’s robbin’ the squirrels!”
King Spruce is a good read, with
danger, excitement, rivalries, romances,
jealousies, wrong-doings, virtue, courage,
and redemption along with excellent
descriptions of how logging was done in
the early days. Northern Logger readers
will find much of interest in this novel,
from the plot to the descriptions of getting
the timber from the woods to market.
They will recognize many of the same
challenges and issues, and that human
nature remains much the same over time.

King Spruce was written by Maine

newsman, novelist, and poet Holman
Day, and published in 1908. It is available
as a reprint on numerous websites.

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a look back in time

The Incredible approximately 300 to 600 board feet.

Snaking worked well where the distance to
sled rig consisted of two sets (bobs)
of short runners. Each set of runners
Two-Sled the log yard was short – usually not more
than 600 feet. Draying was more efficient
supports an end of the load, which was
securely fastened to the bunks by corner
BY TERENCE F. HARPER when longer distances were involved – up chains. Crossed chains (or reach poles
to 1 mile. The average was usually much for heavy tractor sleds) connected each
shorter. set of runners and provided a crude but

B
eginning in the 1860s, when the Though draying and snaking were effective form of articulated steering –
horse replaced the ox as the important, along with the Go-devil and each set of runners following exactly the
primary draft animal during the Jumper (which we won’t go into detail path of the preceding runner.
transition from the era of the white pine here), the queen of the woods was the The makeup of a sled was fairly simple.
(“the whale of the forest”1), through two-sled rig. Able to carry a load that Each pair of runners was connected by
the reign of King Spruce, and into the would be considered adequate for a rail a cross-beam – a stout timber spanning
immediate post-World War II era, sleds flatcar of the era (4,000 – 6,000 bd. ft. or crossways between the runners. A roller
were the primary means of moving up to 7 tons) yet weighing less than 10 (light piece of timber) connected the front
mountains of logs and pulpwood from percent of its total load capacity, it was of the runners. The bunks could be up to
the cuttings to landings. For over eight both efficient and durable. A typical two- 12 feet long and rested on top of the cross-
decades, the heavy logging sled was as
common in the north woods as beans and
biscuits were to the lumberman’s diet.
By 1900, time and experience had
refined the logging sleds used throughout
New England, the Great Lakes region,
and eastern Canada into an efficient
design with but a few differing details to

TERENCE F. HARPER COLLECTION

accommodate regional conditions and
preferences – size, runner design, etc.
Whatever those differences were, the
basic design had to meet the following
criteria: ease of hauling, maximal load
capacity, and minimal unloaded weight,
while maintaining great strength and
efficiency in loading and unloading. Even Above: For over 80 years the “two-sled” rig was the primary means of hauling logs from the cuttings
as late as 1925, when tractors had made to the landings. Below: Loading a sled was a backbreaking and dangerous job. Corner chains bind the
significant inroads into the hauling of bottom outside logs to the bunk with deck chains holding the stakes firm against the load. One or two
timber, it was estimated that 90 percent wrapper chains secure the upper logs to the lower logs – often using a spring-pole to tighten the chain.
of the timber harvested in Northern New
England was moved by sled.2
A typical logging operation used
several different methods and styles of
sleds. For instance “snaking” or “draying”
was usually the first step in moving timber
from the cutting. Snaking was simply
using a horse or a team of horses to drag
individual logs using skidding chains.
Draying used a single sled or “bob”
consisting of two short runners connected
by a bunk, with one end of the logs
TERENCE F. HARPER COLLECTION

supported by the sled, and the other end

dragging on the ground. A dray or yarding
sled could be nothing more than a crude
homemade affair. But it had to be light
enough for the sled tender to easily handle
in tight quarters. A typical dray could carry

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 One of 64 heavy duty block knee type sleds used with Lombard log haulers
by the Bangor Timberland Co. in Township 9-14 (circa 1909). Built on site,
each sled (two runners, crossbeam, roller, bunk, and stakes) cost $54.02.

HERB CROSBY, MAINE FOREST & LOGGING MUSEUM 2022

VAUGHN JONES, TERENCE F. HARPER COLLECTION

beam and pivoted around the kingbolt (a A 10-ton Lombard tractor-truck with a set of Lombard patent logging sleds illustrating the method of
large iron pin) which allowed each set of hooking multiple sleds together using crossed reach-poles.
runners to pivot under the bunk as the
sled negotiated corners. “Knees,” which horsepower. During trials of his first log up, each “bob” (pair of runners) started
connected the crossbeam to the runners, hauler in 1901 Alvin Lombard learned moving – if only by a fraction of an inch,
were essential. They could be a simple that trying to tow a train of sleds with the before the following set. Thus the tractor
wooden block knee or the very effective tongue of the following sled hooked to the was in fact only starting one set at a time.
McLaren patent knee assembled from cross-beam of the proceeding sled simply It was a simple and very effective solution.
castings sold by the Minneapolis Iron didn’t work. It was like towing a slinky with In addition, since the runners generated
Store Company3, among others, or sleds slithering all over the place. friction, they had a nasty habit of freezing
the “Rave Knee” made up of strap iron The solution was a stout timber A-frame when stationary. Whether hauling with a
fittings or the heavy iron castings used drawbar connected to the nose castings team or a tractor, the technique was to
in the Lombard patent logging sleds. of the first set of runners. Crossed reach- pull at an angle, thus breaking out one
Regardless, the slight flexibility provided poles connected from the cross-beam of runner at a time.
by the knee made “hauling easier, the preceding sled to the nose castings In early 1937, Jack Pickett, driving
increased the strength and durability of of the following sled – a pattern repeated a 10-ton diesel-powered Lombard
the sled and save[d] the road.”4 throughout the entire length of the sled train tractor for Great Northern Paper Co.,
With a well-maintained and iced – whether only a couple of sleds or a dozen arrived at the Big Bog landing on the
road, a two-sled rig could indeed haul or more. Like the crossed chains of the upper reaches of the Penobscot River in
impressive loads very efficiently. In 1893, lighter horse-drawn sleds, the reach-poles northwestern Maine with 22 sleds in tow.
Michigan loggers loaded up a sled with provided articulated steering the whole He was carrying a scaled 108 ½ cords of
36,055 ft. of white pine logs weighing 144 length of the assembly and prevented the pulpwood totaling an estimated 298 tons6
tons and then proceeded to pull it with a sleds from telescoping and “breaking out” – a fitting tribute, in the waning days of its
single team of horses to the nearest rail i.e., breaking through the iced shoulder of dominance, to the incredible two-sled rig.
siding. Nine flatcars were required to the winter haul road and heading for the
move the load to Chicago for display at puckerbrush. A sled so connected could This article was supported by the Maine
the Worlds Columbian Exposition.5 even be backed up to a fair degree. (fair Forest & Logging Museum, a “living
The arrival of mechanical traction in being a relative term – I have tried it with history museum” located on 450 acres
the form of Lombard log haulers and early mixed results!) within the Penobscot Experimental
crawler tractors such as Holt, Best, and To aid in starting a heavy train of sleds, Forest in Bradley, Maine. For more
Cletrac did not spell the end of the two- all the reach-pole fittings including those information about the museum and its
sled rig. It just required some adaptation. on the drawbar were slotted. As the tractor educational programs and events, visit:
A Lombard log hauler, whether powered moved forward and the “slack” taken maineforestandloggingmuseum.org.
by steam or gasoline, had far more
horsepower than a team of horses and 1 Springer, John S. “Forest Life and Forest Trees,” New Hampshire Publishing Company, 1971, pp 35
2 Koroleff, Alexander M. & Bryant, Ralph C., Bulletin No. 13, Yale University, School of Foresty 1925, pp 43
could haul some impressively long
3 “Farm Implements,” Nov. 30, 1916, pp 73
trains of sleds. The problem was how to 4 Koroleff, Alexander M. & Bryant, Ralph C. , Bulletin No. 13, Yale University, School of Forestry 1925, pp 51
interconnect several if not a dozen two- 5 “Scientific America,” July, 29, 1893, pp 70
sled rigs to take advantage of all that 6 “Lewiston Journal,” Feb. 21, 1948

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on the job
Each month our readers send in photos from the job. This month’s
theme is “Favorite Old Iron.” We love to see how you get the job done,
whether you’re a logger, sawmiller, or other wood products business
owner. Send us your photos on social media or by email!

1985 John Deere 548D and a 1985 Prentice 210B.

The pair, both ’84 Clarks 665D & 667D. Marr Logging & FW, East Conway, NH. King’s Firewood & Logging, Brooklyn, CT.

Paul Smith’s College fall 2023 Timber Harvesting class students with their favorite cable skidder, a John Deere 440C, manufactured between 1976-1983.

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 letters to the editor
1979 Timberjack 208 and 1984 Timberjack 450A. Best Overview of a Complex Topic
DJ Williams Logging and Firewood, Oneonta, NY. I would like to commend The Northern Logger and author Robbo
Holleran on the excellent article “Biomass: Controversy and
Misconceptions” (October 2023). This was the best overview of
a complex, misunderstood and frequently intentionally misrep-
resented topic I have read. I will recommend it to others looking
for an informed, articulate, and straightforward summary. In par-
ticular, the section entitled “The Carbon Issue” was very good.
Over the years, I have come to appreciate Robbo’s thoughtful
and balanced perspective on important forestry issues of the
day. I look forward to reading more from this author.
CHARLIE NIEBLING, NH Licensed Professional Forester, Boscawen, NH

Comments on the October Biomass Issue

Biomass removal from the forest is important to New England
and beyond, because it’s a renewable replacement of fossil fuels
and other fossil fuel products, especially when it coincides with
acceptable practices of forestry. I support biomass removal and
use, but not beyond stem wood utilization of a 4-5” tip, and the
following is why:

Aesthetics: The forest landowner is sold on the clean look, without

any messy debris “down to the last inch” as being good forestry.

Debris Value: Forest debris left from stem wood removal has
important nutrients and carbon. It rots quickly while protecting
the soil from sun, rain, and logging equipment. It is also habitat
and food for small creatures and fungi, important to the forest
ecosystem.

Soil and Forest Impacts: I counted nine skid trails in the striking
photo of a completed whole tree harvest. How much of the
stand do these roads occupy and will they be used again? Is
it more than 10 percent? A problem with whole tree harvesting
is the wide roads necessary for whole tree removal and even in
this photo of a skid trail, there is a scarred tree. What were the
impacts on the soils and roots? Were the soils compacted and
roots damaged? It is not possible to determine from this photo
due to the snow cover melted on the skid trails.
BRUCE SPENCER, Forester, New Salem, MA

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in The
Northern
Logger…
Before the
Golden Road was
established in Maine
in the early 1970s,
there was the
“Forest Lifeline.” In
this ad in the 1955
December issue of
The Northern Logger,
International Paper
boasted that this
“right-of-way slicing
through the forests
of International Paper
Company in Northern
Maine will open
thousands of acres
to man’s utilization.”

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LOGGING
A AXE BROS TREE SERVICE
PO Box 2782
A. A. PEPPE TIMBER PRODUCTS Acton, MA, 01720
5 South Main Street

& TIMBER
(978) 263-9961
Moravia, NY 13118 Key Personnel: Charles Abraham.
(315) 497-1760
E-mail: a.a.peppe@gmail.com
AXE WOMEN LOGGERS OF MAINE
Key Personnel: Joey Peppe, Anthony Peppe.
20 Hallbrook Way
Type of Operation: Firewood Logging, Lumber and

PROCESSING
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Log Sales

A. D. BOWMAN & SON LUMBER CO., INC.

1690 US Highway 11 B
Castle Creek, NY 13744

OPERATIONS
(607) 692-2595 B & C LAND MAINTENANCE
Fax: 607-692-4176 726 Bagdad Road
E-mail: bowmanlumber@gmail.com Potsdam, NY 13676
Key Personnel: Adam Bowman, Pres.; Aaron (315) 265-0116 or (315) 379-0729
Bowman, Logging & Equipment; Tim Tuttle, Key Personnel: Adrian Bates, Mike Collins, Co-

DIRECTORY
Timber Purchases. Owners.
Type of Operation: Small lot logging, tree removal,
THE A. JOHNSON CO. lot clearing.
995 South 116 Road
Bristol, VT 05443 BAILLIE LUMBER COMPANY
(802) 453-4884 4002 Legion Drive, PO Box 6
Fax: 802-453-3844 Hamburg, NY 14075
(800) 950-2850
ADIRONDACK LEAGUE CLUB Fax: 716-649-3310
PO Box 8 www.baillie.com
Old Forge, NY 13420 Key Personnel: Mile Vaughan Jr, Mgr.-Boonville/
(315) 369-3025 Smyrna; Tom Eichler, Sales 800-950-2850; Forestry
Fax: 315-369-3000 Department, Boonville 315-942-5284, Smyrna
E-mail: alcgm@alcclub.org 607-627-6547.

ALLARD LUMBER COMPANY BEACH TIMBER CO.

74 Glen Orne Drive PO Box 68
Brattleboro, VT 05301 Lakemont, NY 14857
(802) 254-4939 Key Personnel: Paul Beach.
Fax: 802-254-8492
E-mail: info@allardlumber.com PHILIP BELYEA
Key Personnel: Clifford W. Allard, Log Yard, North PO Box 28
Haverhill, NH 03765, Raymond Covey (802) 296-1884 Glencliff, NH 03238
Fax: 603-787-2556; Log Yard Pawlet, VT Dan Wood
(802) 379-0243; Mill Brattleboro, Kyle Chase (802) BILL TAYLOR LOGGING
380-3919; Roadside Veneer Buyer Robert Crosby 194 North Raymond Road
(802) 681-8503; Standing Timber/Land Division Gray, ME 04039
Ward Mann (802) 384-0036 and David Clements
(802) 380-6063; Trevor Allard, V. Pres.; Jason
BOB HAVRDA FIREWOOD
Aplin, Lumber Sales; Ryan Ebbighausen, Mill
1474 Water Street Ext.
Superintendent; Michael Haggerty, Parts Purchasing.
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
Key Personnel: Bob Havrda.
ALLEGHENY FORESTRY INC.
PO Box 611
BOVILL BROTHERS LOGGING, INC.
Warren, PA 16365
(814) 723-5801 56 Shaker Jerry Road
Key Personnel: David Miller, President. Moultonborough, NH 03254
(603) 253-8794
ANAIR & SON Fax: 603-253-3834
Logging, Firewood & Chipping E-mail: bovillbroslogging@roadrunner.com
26 Roxbury Road Key Personnel: David Bovill, President; Bruce
Meredith, NH 03253 Bovill, Treasurer.
(603) 279-7354
E-mail: anairandson@gmail.com BRIGHTMAN CORPORATION
Key Personnel: Tim Anair, Owner. DBA: Brightman Lumber Co.
181 South Main Street
APPALACHIAN WOODLANDS, INC. Assonet, MA 02702
1799 Rt. 660 (508) 644-2620 (508) 644-3375
Wellsboro, PA 16901 Fax: 508-644-1652
(607) 857-3446 E-mail: backhoe1020@msn.com
E-mail: jmgrab@ptd.net Key Personnel: Edward Brightman Sr., Vice
Key Personnel: John Grab, 4 equipment operators, President; Edward Brightman Jr.-Sawmill Manager;
1 truck driver. Patricia Brightman, Office Manager; Nancy
Type of Operation: Cut to length timber harvesting. Brightman, Treasurer; Debbie Field, Sales &
Marketing
AUSTIN’S LOGGING Type of Operation: Lumber and Forest products
363 Billings Road 2023 Production: 18,000 mbf Hardwood Lumber,
Hermon, ME 04401 479,000 mbf Softwood Lumber
(207) 745-1417 2024 Plans: Sawing Native Pine and Hardwoods,
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BRITTON LUMBER COMPANY, LLC CERSOSIMO LUMBER CO., INC. COTTON-HANLON, INC.
32 Sawmill Road 1103 Vernon Street PO Box 65
Bath, NH 03740 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Cayuta, NY 14824
(603) 838-6334 (802) 254-4508, (603) 233-9596 (607) 594-4600
Fax: 603-838-6843 Fax: 802-257-1784 Key Personnel: Mike Hanlon, President; Brad
E-mail: hbaihr@brittonlumber.com E-mail: sslingerland@cersosimo.com Finegan, Chief Forester.
Key Personnel: Greg Chase, Log Buyer; Scott Key Personnel: Butch Cersosimo, Chairman of
Sidney, Scaler; Heather Baihr, Office Contact, John the Board; Michael Cersosimo, Pres.; Ross Caron, COYLE LOGGING
Moses Pine, Sales. Eric Parenti, Mike Rawson, William Caveney, 352 Mallory Road
Samantha Slingerland , Richard Valcourt Chemung, NY14825
BRONNENBERG LOGGING & TRUCKING, LLC Woodlands Procurement; Monica Hastings, Key Personnel: David Coyle, Jr.
600 Cooledge Road Hardwood Sales; Jeff Hardy, Pres. Pine Sales;
Hillsborough, NH 03244 Phil Mann, Operations Mgr. PAUL CROSBY
(603) 269-4341 Type of Operation: Sawmill. 60 Queen Street
Fax: 603-269-3030 2023 Production: 23mmbf Softwood Sawlogs, Stoddard, NH 03464
E-mail: bltl@tds.net 17mmbf Hardwood Sawlogs, 22 mmbf Softwood
Key Personnel: Jack R. Bronnenberg, Partner/ Lumber, 17mmbf Hardwood Lumber, 7,120 cords CRANESPORT, LLC
Mgr.; Jake P. Bronnenberg, Partner Softwood Pulpwood 4,113 cords Hardwood 100 Mount Battie Street
Pulpwood. Camden, ME 04843
BUCK ENVIRONMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
CHALMERS LUMBER CO., INC. CUMMINGS LUMBER CO., INC.
36 Buck Shandelee Road
PO Box 219 21756 Route 14
Livingston Manor, NY 12758
Galton, PA 16922 PO Box 6
Key Personnel: James Buck
Key Personnel: James Chalmers. Troy, PA 16947
(570) 297-4771
BUNNELL LOGGING
CHENANGO FOREST PRODUCTS Fax: 570-297-2766
523 Littleton Road
PO Box 427 E-mail: scott@clc1.com, norm@clc1.com,
Monroe, NH 03771
Earlville, NY 13332 johnr@clc1.com
Key Personnel: Rocky Bunnell
(315) 691-6721 Key Personnel: Scott Cummings, Dir. of
Key Personnel: John J. Kowalski. Operations; Norm Steffy, Dir. of Sales/Mktg.; John
BURD LOGGING
Type of Operation: Consulting Forestry Redell, Procurement Manager
316 Tuscarora Street
Type of Operation: Offices at Troy, PA. Operate
Port Royal, PA 17082
CHESTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. band mill at Troy, with an annual cut of about 8 mm
Key Personnel: Roger Burd
143 Halls Village Road bf, 100% hardwoods taken from company lands
Chester, NH 03036 and purchased state lands, private landowners and
STANLEY BURR, JR.
(603) 887-4123 independent loggers in our region.
46 Jackson Road
Higganum, CT 06441 Key Personnel: Richard Lewis, President.
CUSTEAD’S SAWMILL, INC.
CLEAR CHOICE HARDWOOD CONSULTANTS 8950 Frenchtown Road
51 Sinclair Road Guys Mills, PA 16327
C Northville, NY 12134 (814) 425-3863
C & R LUMBER MILL Fax: 814-789-3002
111 Bacon Road CLIFFORD LUMBER, LLP Key Personnel: Carol Custead
Charleston, ME 04422 PO Box 150
(207) 285-7008 Hinesburg, VT 05461 CYR LUMBER INC.
Fax: 207-285-7506 Key Personnel: Lynn Gardner 215 Poor Farm Road
E-mail: crlumber@aol.com Milton, VT 05468
Key Personnel: Robert Rockwell Sr., Carolyn CLINTON TRAIL FORESTRY CONSULTANTS (802) 893-4448
Rockwell, Robert Rockwell Jr., & Kelly Rockwell, 6120 S. Clinton Trail Fax: (802) 893-7740
Owners. Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 E-mail: cyrlumberinc@comcast.net
(517) 663-3423 Key Personnel: Jean-Paul Cyr, General Manager
C. SMITH ENTERPRISES, INC. E-MAIL: bottiw1@juno.com Type of Operation: Sawmill, Planer mill, Dry Kilns
1696 Big Moose Road Key Personnel: Bill Botti, Registered Forester. 2024 Plans: Upgrade Planer Operation
Eagle Bay, NY 13331
(315) 369-8485 CLOVER HILL FOREST, LLC
E-mail: craigfsmith@frontier.com 20 Hurlburt Place Cornwall D
Key Personnel: Craig F. Smith, Owner/Operator; Falls Village CT 06031 D & D LOGGING, INC./
Jeanne Smith, Office Mgr. (860) 672-0394 ATTICA PACKAGE CO. INC.
Type of Operation: Forestry-Logging, Road E-mail: chfllc@optonline.net 45 Windsor Street
Building and Firewood (logs or split) Key Personnel: Gary Ocain. PO Box 295
2023 Production: 1000 Cords Hardwood, 500 Attica, NY 14011
Cords Softwood COLBY LUMBER CO., INC. (585) 591-0510
270 High Street Fax: 585-591-3635
CALFEE WOODLAND MANAGEMENT, LLC Boscawen, NH 03303 E-mail: office@ddlogging.net
PO Box 86 (603) 796-2571 Key Personnel: Douglas W. Domes, CEO;
Dorset, VT 05251 Fax: 603-796-2571 Shannon S. Domes, Pres.
E-mail: colbylumber@tds.net
CAPRETZ LOGGING Key Personnel: James M. Colby, Joseph G. Colby. D. H. HARDWICK & SONS
651 Brewer Hill Road PO Box 430
PO Box 251 CONNECTICUT FOREST PRODUCTS Antrim, NH 03440
Mill River, MA 01244 (A Division of Connecticut Mulch Distributors, Inc.) (603) 588-6618
(413) 229-3229 70 Mullen Road E-mail: info@dhhardwick.com
E-mail: smstang@berkshire.net Enfield, CT 06082 www.dhhardwick.com
Key Personnel: Yan Capretz. (860) 698-9579 Key Personnel: Teresa Hardwick
Key Personnel: Brennan Sheahan, Procurement
CARRIER’S LOGGING Forester DAHLBERG CONSTRUCTION
2270 Chapman Road Type of Operation: Chip Plant and Trucking 696 Potter Mountain Road
Chapman, ME 04757 2024 Plans: Continue to purchase large volumes Gilboa, NY 12076
Key Personnel: John D. Carrier, III. of pulpwood Key Personnel: Eric Dahlberg

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DAY’S TIMBER HARVESTING STEPHEN EISEL FORT MOUNTAIN TRUCKING CO.

311 Dunham Hollow Road 15161 Watson Road 168 Granite Street
Averill Park, NY 12018 Copenhagen, NY 13626 Allenstown, NH 03275
(518) 929-4509 (603) 485-4459
E-mail: daystimber@gmail.com EMPIRE FORESTRY & EXCAVATION Fax: (603) 485- 4469
Key Personnel: Steve Day, Owner. 1072 Mapletown Road www.NHforestry.com
Canajoharie, NY 13317 E-mail; Office Administration: Diane@nhforestry.
DEER PARK LUMBER, INC. com, jeff@nhforestry.com, Forestry: patrick@
(518) 921-1549
3042 SR 6 nhforestry.com, Trucking: dave@nhforestry.com
Fax: 518-600-1212
Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Key Personnel: Diane Rancourt, Office admin. ;
(570) 836-1133 Key Personnel: Mervin Zook, owner
Jeff Eames, Office admin. ; Patrick Kenney NHPLF
Fax: 570-836-6938 #357, Forestry ; Logging/Timber Harvesting,
Key Personnel: Ron Andrews, Pres; Dan Dimeolo, EMPORIUM HARDWOODS
J.C. Eames; Robert Bolduc AKA Chopper Bob,
Plant Manager; Jeff Nichols, Forestry; Paul Reining, 15970 Route 120
Peter Graham, Steven Merrill, Jackson Reil,
Giles Woodruff, Log Buyers; Joe Zona, Sales. Emporium, PA 15834
Patrick Thorne. Fort Mountain Trucking Co.,
Type of Operation: Sawmill, Kiln Dried Lumber (814) 486-3769
David Mischke, Loren Pierce, Willy Matras, Ralph
2023 Production: 1.4 mmbf Hardwood Sawlogs, Fax: 814-486-3392 Twombly, Rich Frost, Glenn Pierce.
15 mmbf Hardwood Lumber Key Personnel: Randy Flament, Sales;
Bill Johns, Forestry; Randy Housler, Logs. FRED C. WELD LOGGING CO., INC.
DENNIS WETLAUFFER LOGGING
102 Root Hill Road
104 Sky Meadow Road ESPERANZA FORESTRY SERVICE Cornish, NH 03745
Muncy Valley, PA 17758 511 Town Hill Road (603) 675-6147
Key Personnel: Dan Wettlauffer. New Hartford, CT 06057 E-mail: fcwlogging@gmail.com
DOMTAR Key Personnel: Susan Weld, Partner; Mitch
Johnsonburg Mill, 100 Center Street Bennett, Right Hand Man & Forwarder Operator.
Johnsonburg, PA 15845 F
Key Personnel: Luke Dillinger, Wood RONALD L. FRISBEE
Procurement Mgr. F & H LOGGING, LLC 47996 State Highway 10
1105 Ridge Road Delhi, NY 13753
DONAHUE TRUCKING Orangeville, PA 17859
3251 Route 16 (570) 441-1669
Greensboro Bend, VT 05842 Key Personnel: Edward Fedder. G
DOWNEAST FOREST PRODUCTS DONALD FANCHER G ROD TIMBER FORWARDING SVCS
75 Pomroy Road 139 East Street
1691 State Highway 29A
Hancock, ME 04640 Granby, MA 01033
Gloversville, NY 12078
E-mail: woodpeeps19@gmail.com
Key Personnel: Adam Foster G. K. FOREST PRODUCTS
FARNEY LUMBER CORP.
PO Box 220
CHARLES DROWN (Ret.) 7194 Brewery Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
PO Box 1401 Lowville, NY 13367
Newport, VT 05855 (315) 346-6013
G. T. PEASE LOGGING, INC.
(802) 624-6746 Fax: 315-346-1859
128 Sandisfield Road
E-mail: FLCorp@frontiernet.net Sandisfield, MA 02155
DURGIN & CROWELL LUMBER CO. Key Personnel: Todd Farney, Terry Farney,
231 Fisher Corner Road, PO Box 160 Noel Virkler. GAGNON LUMBER, INC.
New London, NH 03257-6550 Type of Operation: Mill near Croghan, NY. 89 Stevens Road
(603) 763-2860 Logs are purchased from independent Pittsford, VT 05763
Fax: 603-763-4498 jobbers. (802) 483-6550
Key Personnel: Peter B. Crowell, Pres.; Alex
Fax: 802-483-6550
Darrah, Sales Mgr.; Brooks Weathers, Forester.
FIRTH MAPLE PRODUCTS E-mail: gagnonlumber@aol.com
22418 Firth Road Key Personnel: Joseph Gagnon, Pres.; Kenneth
DWIGHT LEWIS LUMBER CO., INC.
Spartansburg, PA 16434 Gagnon, VP; Raymond Nichols, Yard Mgr; Harold
1895 Route 87, PO Box A
Hillsgrove, PA 18619 Key Personnel: Troy Firth. Russell, Head Sawyer; Gary Davis, Resaw; Shawn
(570) 924-3507 Boynton, Retail Yard.
Fax: 570-924-4233 FOREST COMMODITIES, INC.
E-mail: mel@dlewislumber.com 610 Park Street, PO Box 399 GIBSON HILL FOREST PRODUCTS
Key Personnel: Melvin Lewis, Marc Lewis South Paris, ME 04281 410 Gibson Hill Road
(207) 743-8400 Sterling, CT 06377
Fax: 207-743-5900 Key Personnel: Gerald Bellows, Jeremy Bellows.
E E-mail: s-everett@roadrunner.com
GOLDEN RULE TIMBER
Key Personnel: David Everett, Owner;
E. JORDAN & SON, INC. Shelly Everett, VP; Mary Everett, Secretary. 401 Woleber Road
381 Cave Hill Road Myerstown, PA 17067
Waltham, ME 04605 (717) 933-4007
FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
Key Personnel: Marshall Jordan. Key Personnel: John Alspaugh
13485 Brandonville Pike
Type of Operation: Forestry Parts and Equipment
Bruceton Mills, WV 26525
EAGLE FOREST IMPROVEMENTS Sales.
(304) 642-9715 or (304) 288-9543
229 Christmas Tree Farm Road Key Personnel: Guy Alan Clark,
Chester, VT 05143 GOODRIDGE LUMBER
Russell Leonard (Owner)
Key Personnel: John P. Adler. PO Box 515
Type of Operation: Consultants Albany VT 05820
ELITE TIMBER HARVESTING, LLC (802) 755-6298
236 Bellemonte Avenue FOREST MANAGEMENT SERVICES Fax: 802-755-6166
Hawley, PA 18428 468 Alstead Center Road E-mail: wcedar@sover.net
(570) 470-0794 Alstead, NH 03602 Key Personnel: Colleen Goodridge & sons; Doug,
E-mail: elitetimber3@gmail.com Mark and Brian Goodridge.
Key Personnel: Matt Carney, Owner/Partner; FOREST RESOURCE CONSULTANTS, LLC. Type of Operation: Specializing in white cedar
Rob Sawicki Owner/Partner. Box #597 log homes, white cedar log siding and other white
Type of Operation: CTL logging, chipping, trucking. Rumney, NH 03266 cedar lumber products both rough and planed.

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GOSS LUMBER CO., INC. HARTLAND, INC. Key Personnel: William, Samuel, Benjamin, Mary
8411 Flanders Road PO Box 554 Hull, Owners; Stephanie Van Dystadt, Lumber
Henniker, NH 03242 Rockport, ME 04856 Sales; John St. Jean, Mill Manager; George
(603) 428-3363 Key Personnel: John L. Hart, Pres. French, Lead Filer; Joe Espeleta, Millwright;
Fax: 603-428-7861
Foresters: Michael Bartlett, Chris Casadei, Mark
E-mail: gosslumber@tds.net JOCK HARVEY
Key Personnel: Donald Goss Jr., President. Mueller; Office: Jennifer Laporte; Kiln and Shipping
PO Box 112 Manager: Victor Ixcuna Iboy; Flooring: Mary Hull;
S. Londonderry, VT 05155 Log Yard Mark Hudock.
GRABER LUMBER L.P.
17528 Cuba Road Type of Operation: Band sawmills, log yards, dry
HHP, INC. kilns, export center.
Spencerville, IN 46788
14 Buxton Industrial Drive, PO Box 489
(260) 238-4124
Fax: 260-238-4056 Henniker, NH 03242
(603) 428-3298
Fax: 603-428-3448 I
GRADY FOREST PRODUCTS
8 Jeweett Lane E-mail: info@hhp-inc.com
www.hhp-Inc.com INNOVATIVE NATURAL RESOURCE
Whitefield, ME 04353
Key Personnel: Marco Carrier, Pres.; Richard SOLUTIONS, LLC
GREAT MOUNTAIN FOREST Carrier, VP; Joe Carrier, Operations Mgr.; Jeremy 37 Old Pound Road
201 Windrow Road Almstrom, Mill Mgr.; Steve Gilman, Maintenance; Antrim, NH 03440
Norfolk, CT 06058 Brian Gregson, Pallet Shop Supv.; George (603) 588-3272
(860) 542-5422 Davenport, Procurement; David Carrier, Woods E-mail: levesque@inrsllc.com
E-mail: jody@greatmountainforest.org Crew Mgr.; Matt Apgar, Forester; Natalie Crane, Key Personnel: Charles Levesque, Eric Kingsley
Key Personnel: Joel Bronson, Forest Manager; Office Mgr./HR, Christin Pefine, Office; Lumber Type of Operation: Forest Industry consulting.
Russell Russ, Forester. Sales; Bruce Dahn, Lumber Sales.
THE IRLAND GROUP
GREENE TRUCKING HIGMO’S, INC., WOOD CONTRACTOR 174 Lord Road
20 Skyline Drive 15 Bridge Road Wayne, ME 04284
Barton, NY 13734
Brunswick, ME 0411
(607) 687-4352
(207) 442-0701
E-mail: egreene3@peoplepc.com
Key Personnel: Ed Greene, Owner. E-mail: info@higmos.com J
Type of Operation: Circle saw using restored Key Personnel: Allen Higgins; Paula Herson,
Ireland equipment. Office Mgr. J. B. WINTER & SONS LOGGING CO., INC.
PO Box 246
VINCE GROSS HITCHCOCK FOREST MANAGEMENT Austerlitz, NY 12017
775 Harlow Road 160 Lynn Road (518) 392-8173
South Royalton, VT 05068 Averill Park, NY 12018
(802) 291-1421 (518) 674-5322 J. E. SEELEY, INC.
Cell: (518) 588-9735 Custom Timber Harvesting
GULDENSCHUH LOGGING & LUMBER, LLC E-mail: joseph.hitchcock@aol.com 287 Shard Villa Road
143 Wheatland Center Rd, PO Box 191 www.hitchcockforest.com Middlebury, VT 05753
Caledonia, NY 14423 Key Personnel: Joe Hitchcock, Aaron Hitchcock. (802) 388-4326
(585) 538-4750
Fax: 585-538-2005 Key Personnel: John Seeley. Ben Seeley
HOLDEN LOGGING, LLC Type of Operation: Logging/Chipping
E-mail: sales@GuldenschuhLogging.com PO Box 557
Key Personnel: Donald Guldenschuh, Owner; Finland, MN 55603
Garrett Guldenschuh, Owner; Deb Guldenschuh, J. J. HIBBARD LOGGING, INC.
Type of Operation: J Logging and firewood
Office Mgr.; Samuel Jeffrey, Head of Maint. & Logger. 1367 Lakewood
operations.
Madison, ME 04950
GUTCHESS LUMBER CO., INC.
890 McLean Road HOLLAND FORESTRY LLC
J. GREZENSKI FOREST PRODUCTS
Cortland NY 13045 8399 Seven Springs Road
3158 N. Country Road X
(607) 756-0942 Batavia, NY 14020
Stevens Point, WI 54482
Fax: 607-428-8070 (585) 739-1011
E-mail: forestry@gutchess.com E-Mail: hollandforestry@gmail.com
J & M LOGGING
Key Personnel: All ESOP Owners. Key Personnel: Craig Holland, Owner
853 Civic Center Drive
Type of Operation: Hardwood Sawmill
HOWARD LAND & FORESTRY CONSULTANTS Augusta, ME 04330
215 Stark Road (845) 832-6535
H South Colton, NY 13687
J & S TRUCKING, INC.
(315) 262-2692
HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY Fax: 315-262-2692 2138 Littleton Road
2 Hammond Drive, PO Box 500 Key Personnel: Robert Howard, Forester. Littleton, NH 03561
Belgrade, ME 04917
(207) 495-3303 GARY W. HUBBS JAMES M. PECK LOGGING, INC.
Fax: 207-495-2304 10998 Kelsey Road 37 Stage Coach Road
E-mail: info@hammondlumber.com Clyde, NY 14433 Chestertown, NY 12817
Key Personnel: Michael Hammond, CEO; (518) 494-4981
Donald Hammond, VP. HUDSON VALLEY CEDAR Fax: 518-494-9646
Type of Operation: Treating facility, planing mill, E-mail: jimpeck@nycap.rr.com
PO Box 663
sawmill and kiln. Key Personnel: James Peck, Pres; Dawn Peck,
Shokan, NY 12481
(914) 263-2210 Sec; Curtis Peck, Wood Buyer; Butch Thissell &
HANINGTON BROTHERS, INC.
488 US Route 2 Key Personnel: Todd Baldwin Peter Montanye, Excellent Workers.
Macwahoc Pit, ME 04451
(207) 765-2681 HULL FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. JC LUMBER, INC.
Fax: 207-765-2121 101 Hampton Road 29 Dennehy Road
E-mail: hanbrosinc@yahoo.com Pomfret Center, CT 06259 Chestertown, NY 12817
Key Personnel: Stephen Hanington, Pres; Eric (860) 974-0127 (518) 494-4293
Hanington, VP; Teresa Haninton, Office Mgr. Fax: 860-974-2963 Fax (518) 494- 4851
Type of Operation: Logging, Trucking, Road E-mail: info@hullforest.com E-mail: jclumberinc@yahoo.com
Construction, Firewood, log-yard www.hullforest.com Key Personnel: Jim Cooper and Jason Cooper

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JERIMOTH FORESTRY EDWARD S. KOCJANCIC, INC. Box 800

217 Hartford Pike FORESTRY SOLUTIONS Clayton Lake, ME 04737
Foster, RI 02825 24 Timber Lane (877) 376-3418
(401) 935-0318 PO Box 440
E-mail: roberttthurberjr@jerimothforestry.com Kane, PA 16735 210 Main Street
Key Personnel: Robert T. Thurber, Jr., Master (814) 837-8488 Ridgway, PA 15853
Logger Fax: 814-837-9270 (814) 561-1018
E-mail: ed@ekocjancic.com 7640 North State Street, PO Box 47
J. WOLFE LOGGING www.ekocjancic.com Lowville, NY 13367
80 Amy Road Key Personnel: Edward S. Kocjancic, Pres. (315) 376-2832
Falls Village, CT 06031
(860) 459-5385 KOENIG BROTHERS SAWMILL, INC. One Cumberland Place
E-mail: jwolfelogger@gmail.com 311 North Lake Road Suite 312
Key Personnel: John Wolfe, Owner. Forestport, NY 13338 Bangor, ME 04401
(315) 525-0136 (207) 907-2800
JOHNSON FOREST MANAGEMENT, LLC Fax: 315-896-5097 172 Main Street, PO Box 503
13635 Wolcott Road E-mail: erickoenig78@yahoo.com Bethel, ME 04286
Red Creek, NY 13143 Key Personnel: Eric Koenig, President. (207) 824-0919
(315) 594-8475
E-mail: johnsonforestmanagement@gmail.com 851 Washington Street, PO Box 237
Key Personnel: Tom Johnson, Owner; Trevor West Stewartstown, NH 03597
L (603) 246-8800
Johnson, Owner; Dustin Johnson, Owner; Jake
Wiestner, Skidder Operator; Jim Nodine, Trucker. L & A RIDLEY LOGGING, INC. 10A Main Street, PO Box 445
2023 Production: 1.7mmbf Hardwood Sawlogs, 266 E. Dixfield Road Ashland, ME 04732
250 loads of hardwood pallet/firewod Jay, ME 04239 (207) 435-3200
Type of Operation: Mechanized/hand-cut (207) 645-3041
576 Olive Street, Suite 203
Fax: 207-645-3041
JUSTICK & JUSTICK, INC. Eugene, OR 97401
E-mail: ridleylogging@roadrunner.com
888 State Route 307 (541) 790-2105
Key Personnel: Ronald Ridley, President,
Springbrook Twp, PA 18444 Corey Ridley, VP. Key Personnel: Joe Taggart, Pres.; Joseph Daley
Key Personnel: Martin Justick, Sr., Pres.; Martin III, Dir. LV Timber Co.; Richard G Carbonetti, Senior
Justick, Jr., VP. L. J. VALENTE, INC. Advisor Forest Resources; Maria Smerczynski, NH
8957 NY 66 Regional Mgr.; Steven G Hawkes, VP Timberland
Averill Park, NY 12018 Div.; Alexa Kosalek, VT District Forester; David
K Key Personnel: Anthony Valente, Pres. DeGruttola, NH/VT Timberland Region Mgr.; Jack
Santamour, Mid-Atlantic Timberland Region Mgr.;
KATAHDIN FOREST MANAGEMENT, LLC LAKE COUNTRY LOGGING Jim O’Malley, Northwestern ME Regional Forester;
4 Hill Street, PO Box 38 3662 Lake to Lake Road Eugene Mahar, Maine Timberland Region Mgr.
Millinocket, ME 04462 Stanley, NY 145612 Type of Operation: Brokerage and management of
(207) 723-2111 (585) 526-2233 timberland investments, appraisals of timberlands
E-mail: dwilson@acadiantimber.com Key Personnel: Javin Hoover. and properties.
Key Personnel: David Wilson, Maine Operations Type of Operation: logging, firewood, rough cut
Superintendent. lumber, woodchips and wood pellets. LANDVEST, INC.
Type of Operation: Forest land management. 210 Main Street
LAMELL LUMBER CORP. Ridgeway, PA 15843
KEL-LOG, INC. 82A Jericho Road (814) 561-1018
743 East River Road Essex Junction, VT 05452 Key Personnel: Mike Hovatter, Pennsylvania
Milan, NH 03588 (802) 878-2475 Regional Forester
Key Personnel: Michael P. Kelly. Fax: 802-879-2761
E-mail: Rlamell@aol.com LARIVIERE’S FOREST PRODUCTS
CASEY KELLY JR. Key Personnel: Ron Lamell Jr., President; Keith 906 Wellwood Orchard Drive
7530 Route 167 Lamell, VP; Bruce Cameron, Log Buyer/Foreman Springfield, VT 05156
Kingsley, PA 18826 Type of Operation: Sawmill, Lumber yard retail and
wholesale LASHWAY LOGGING, INC.
KLEIN & SONS LOGGING, INC. 2023 Production: 10 mmbf Hardwood Sawlogs, PO Box 231
3114 State Road 52 West 10 mmbf Softwood Sawlogs, 10 mmbf Hardwood Williamsburg, MA 01096
White Sulphur Springs, NY 12787 Lumber, 10 mmbf Softwood Lumber (413) 268-3600
(845) 292-6682 Fax: 413-268-3030
Fax: 845-292-5849 LANDRY LOGGING INC. www.lashway.com
E-mail: logman@HVC.rr.com 9 Maddox Lane Key Personnel: William J Lashway Jr, Bryan T
Key Personnel: Ronald L Klein, Dale R Klein, Tupper Lake, NY 12986 Lashway, William J Lashway III, Lee Lashway,
Ronald B Klein, John J Klein. Employees: Ronald (518) 359-9518 Lance Lashway
Roser, Foreman; Jerry Helmuth, Ryan Knack, Fax: 518-359-3201
Daniel Bury, Bruce Rosencranse, Sandy Klein, Key Personnel: Gerard Landry, Chad Landry. LECLERC & SON LOGGING
John Spath, Ronald L. Klein, Jr. 91 Rockrimmon Road
LANDVEST, INC. Belchertown, MA 01007
KEITH A. KLINGLER Forest Resources Division (413) 323-5133
17291 N. Main Street Ext. 1 Capitol Street, 3rd Floor, Ste 300 Key Personnel: Roland LeClerc, Owner/Forester
Titusville, PA 16354 Concord, NH 03301
(603) 228-2020 KURT LENAHAN
KLING LAND MANAGEMENT PO Box 762
30 Preston Road 36 Danforth Street Southbury, CT 06488
Lyme, NH 03768 Portland, ME 04101
(603) 276-0177 (207) 774-8518 LEVI LUMBER COMPANY
E-mail: klinglandmanagement@gmail.com Box 1120 PO Box 297
Key Personnel: Ernst Kling. Newport, VT 05855 Inlet NY 13360
(802) 334-8402 (315) 357-5911
KOCJANCIC BROTHERS Fax: 315-357-5102
304 Elk Avenue 573 Main Street, PO Box 459 Key Personnel: John Levi, Pres.; John Levi II, Dan
Johnsonburg, PA 15845 Jackman, ME 04945 Levi, Jerry Levi, Logging & Chipping Operations;
Key Personnel: John Kocjancic. (207) 668-7777 Heather Levi, Office Mgr.

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LINCOLN AGRISOURCE, LLC Key Personnel: Jeffrey Meltz Sr., Pres.; Jeff New Hampshire:
4884 East Bethel Road Meltz Jr., Log Buyer/Sales, Jason Meltz, Sawmill Dennis D. McKenney, 569 N Bennington Road,
Randolph Center, VT 05061 Operations GWP Bennington, NH 03442-4505. (603) 588-2638,
Key Personnel: Samuel Lincoln. Type of Operation: Logging, Sawmill, Export, E-mail: dennis_mckenney@comcast.net
Retail Lumber, Finished Lumber Daniel D Reed, Treas. 35 Mack Hill Road, Marlow,
LM STEVENS FORESTRY 2023 Production: 4mmbf Hardwood Lumber, NH 03456Cell: (603) 387-5279, E-mail: dreed@
176 Cream Hill Road neforestryconsultants.com.
2.5mmbf Softwood Lumber
West Cornwall, CT 06796 David L Kent, 34 Stearns Road, Keene, NH 03431.
(603) 357-0442, E-mail: dlkent@worldpath.net.
METZLER FOREST PRODUCTS
LOGGING CONTRACTORS Peter Farrell, PO Box 111, Alton, NH 03809. (603)
26 Timber Lane
176 Cream Hill Road 875-7626, E-mail: farrell@metrocast.net.
Reedsville, PA 17084
West Cornwall, CT 06796 Shaun Lagueux, Pres., 70 Overlook Drive, Bristol,
(717) 667-2924 NH 03222. 603-744-6548 E-mail: shaunlagueux@
E-mail: nate.metzler@metzlerfp.com gmail.com
LONG VIEW FOREST, INC.
www.mfp.bz Hunter Payeur, PO Box 190, Salisbury, NH 03222-.
31 Ferry Road
Hartland, VT 05048 Key Personnel: Alan Metzler, Owner; Nate Metzler, (603) 588-2638. E-mail: hpayeurnefco@gmail.com
(802) 428-4050 General Manager David Falkenham, 180 Garland Road, Lancaster,
E-mail: info@longviewforest.com NH 03584, (603) 728-8958. E-mail: dfalenham@
Key Personnel: Mike King, Contracting Division MICHAEL SHARP ENTERPRISES neforestryconsultants.com
Manager ; Logan Sears, Procurement/service. 1 Meadowbrook Road
Vermont:
Type of Operation: 3 cut-to-length crews, Bridgewater, NH 03222
Fred Glanzberg, PO Box 476, Randolph, VT 05060.
Harvesters and Forwarders, Foresty mulching & (603) 252-6689
(802) 728-3742, E-mail: fredglanzberg@gmail.com.
services. Key Personnel: Michael Sharp
Marsha Mokeyeva, PO Box 476, Randolph, VT
2023 Production: 1.06mmbf Hardwood 05060. (802) 728-3742, E-mail: mmokeyeva@
Sawlogs, 2.49mmbf Softwood Sawlogs, 820 JEFFREY MICHAUD neforestryconsultants.com
cords Hardwood pulpwood, 150 cords Softwood PO Box 117 Raymond A. Lamberton, PO Box 1192, Middletown
pulpwood Mail Street Springs, VT 05757. (802) 235-1042, E-mail:
No. Vassalboro ME, 04962 LambertonNEFCO@gmail.com
LOWER HUDSON FORESTRY SERVICES, LLC. Liam Smith, PO Box 1192, Middletown Springs,
PO Box 756 MIDDLETON BUILDING SUPPLY VT 05757. (978) 799-9708, E-mail: lsmith@
Nyack, NY 10960 5 Kings Highway neforestryconsultants.com
(845) 270-2071 Middleton, NH 03887 Kristopher Thomas, PO Box 1192, Middletown
E-mail: chris@lowerhudsonforestry.com Springs, VT 05757. (515) 238-8812, E-mail:
Key Personnel: Christopher Prentis, CF Owner; MILLER TIMBER HARVESTING kthomasnefco@gmail.com
Nicolas Echevarria, Forester. 9076 Sibley Road Central Office:
East Concord, NY 14055 Kristin Brooks, 9 Topsail Lane, Salem, SC
LUMBRA HARDWOODS INC.
29676. (866) 609-6332, E-mail: kfbrooks@
122 River Road, PO Box 337 MONTGOMERY TIMBER CO, LLC neforestryconsultants.com
Milo, ME 04463 Route 4A Website: www. neforestryconsultants.com.
(207) 943-7415 PO Box 24
Fax: 207-943-7475 W. Springfield, NH 03284 NORTH TIMBER FORESTRY SERVICES
E-mail: info@lumbrahardwoodsinc.com (603) 763-4525 2993 Hubbard Street
Key Personnel: Benny Lumbra, Pres. & Log Fax: 603-763-4701 Port Leyden, NY 13433
Procurement; Stephen Lumbra, VP & Sales; Rod E-mail: ghevarts@tds.net
Rublee, Sawmill Mgr; Chris Ryder, Sales/Office Mgr.
NOR-SHIR CONSTRUCTION & LOGGING
MORSE LUMBER CO., INC. 28209 #6 Road
LYME TIMBER COMPANY Redwood, NY 13679
994 North Woodstock Road
23 South Main Street (315) 482-2931
Southbridge, MA 01550
Hanover, NH 03755 Fax: 315-482-4487
(508) 764-3231
(603) 643-3300 E-mail: norshir@yahoo.com
Fax: 508-765-1421
Key Personnel: Tom Morrow, Jim Hourdequin, Key Personnel: Norris R. Handschuh, Owner; Ron
E-mail: marshall@morse-lumber.com
Peter Stein, David Hoffer, Sean Ross, Managing
Key Personnel: Marshall P. Morse, President. Savage, Forman.
Directors. Type of Operation: Firewood Processing and
Type of Operation: Timberland Investment. Construction
GARY P. LYNCH, LOGGER N NORTHEAST FORESTS, LLC
PO Box 353 PO Box 284
Ascutney, VT 05030 NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY CONSULTANTS, INC. Thendara, NY 13472
(802) 674-2110 70 Overlook Drive (315) 369-6424
Bristol, NH 03222 Fax: 530-690-7144
(866) 609-6332 E-mail: Forestry@northeastforests.com
M E-mail: kbrooks@neforestryconsultants.com Key Personnel: Steven Bick, Consulting Forester.
Foresters
M & M BIO ENERGY COMPANY, LLC Maine: NORTHEAST LOG SALES, INC.
4834 Hampshire Court, #305 Sherman R. Small, PO Box 621, Bethel, ME 04217. PO Box 237
Naples, FL 34112 (207) 824-6122, E-mail: sherms@megalink.net. New Gloucester, ME 04260
(508) 331-9624 Gregory Seamans, VP, 317 Allen Hill Road, ME (207) 592-2081
E-mail: wscarden@m-mltd.com 04270. (207) 539-8968, Fax: 207-926-5312
Key Personnel: Bill Carden E-mail: gregseamans@gmail.com. E-mail: northeastlogsales.com
Edward “Ned” Telling, PO Box 678, Norway, Key Personnel: Norm Beane, Log Procurement
TIM MAKUCH ME 04268. (207) 515-0505, E-mail: ntelling@ Mgr.; Jacob Simard, Log Buyer/Scaler.
7099 Liberty Road Type of Operation: Log procurement.
neforestryconsultants.com
Copenhagen, NY 13626
Massachusetts: NORTHEAST TIMBER HARVESTERS
MELTZ LUMBER Gary H. Gouldrup,VP, 30 Jewell Hill Road, 1091 Bunker Road
Meltz Lumber Co./Ghent Wood Products, Inc. Ashburnham, MA 01430. (978) 833-4158, East Dummerston, VT 05346
483 Route 217 E-mail: gouldrupnefco@gmail.com.
Hudson, NY 12534 Kate Marquis, 56 Pine Street, Unit A, Warren, NORTHEASTERN LUMBER MFG.
(518) 672-7021 MA 01083. (413) 687-938, E-mail: kmarquis@ PO Box 87A
E-mail: meltz@meltzlumber.com neforestryconsultants.com Cumberland, ME 04020

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NORTHEASTERN STATES LUMBER, INC. PETER C. HERMAN, INC. R. W. RICH & SON
25 Ellsberry Lane. 5395 Skinner Road 201 Washburn Road
Willsboro, NY 12996-3512 Marion, NY 14505 Barre, MA 01005
(518) 863-4768 (315) 331-2850 (978) 355-4984
Email: NESLLVH@hotmail.com Fax: 315-331-0046 E-mail: loggerrich@verizon.net
Key Personnel: Dale Hathway, Sales; Key Personnel: Matthew Herman, Key Personnel: Ronald w. Rich Jr., Owner
Wanda Gowdy, Office Manager. Pres; Joe Herman, Sec/Treas.
R & R LOGGING
NORTHLAND FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. PETER FOSTER LOGGING, LLC RR 2, Box 65
PO Box 369 759 Route 25C Mehoopany, PA 18629
Kingston, NH 03848 Piermont, NH 03779
(603) 642-3665 RAM FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
Fax: 603-642-8670 1716 Honeoye Road
PETERS LOGGING
E-mail: jdurstl@northlandforest.com Shinglehouse, PA 16748
222 West End Road
E-mail:marka@northlandforest.com (814) 697-7185
Landaff, NH 03585
www.northlandforest.com Fax: 814-697-7190
Key Personnel: Errol Peters.
Key Personnel: Mark Alden and Brian Thomas, E-mail: mtarbell@ramforestproducts.com
North American Sales; Hud Caldwell and Key Personnel: Robert A. Mallery, Pres.;
GARY T. PIEROTTI CONSULTING FORESTER
Fred Doane, Purchasing. John Rees, Exec VP; Mike Tarbell, VP Mktg.;
PO Box 175 Paul Westerburg, CFO.
11095 Route 321
NORTHWOODS FOREST CONSULTANTS, LLC
Kane, PA 16735 HOWARD S. RATHBUN
13111 NYS Route 9N, PO Box 307
(814) 945-6274 2270 Eleven Mile Road
Jay, NY 12941-0307
Cell: (814) 558-6804 Shinglehouse, PA 16748
(518) 946-7040
Cell: (518) 569-8913 Fax: (814) 945-6274 (716) 378-7292
E-mail: deb@adkforester.com E-mail: jmpierotti@gmail.com E-mail: duffy60@frontiernet.net
Key Personnel: Deborah Boyce, Consulting Key Personnel: Gary T. Pierotti, Owner Key Personnel: Howard S. Rathbun
Foresters. Type of Operation: Private Forest Manager Type of Operation: Logging & Trucking
Type of Operation: Currently managing approx. 2024 Plans: Semi-retirement
60,000 acres in the Northeastern Adirondack RENE BERNARD, INC.
Mountains PIXELLE WOOD DIVISION 88 Avenue Lambert
228 S. Maine Street Beauceville Quebec Canada
Spring Grove, PA 17362 (518) 364-6503
Fax: 450-247-3648
O E-mail: admin@woodwatch.ca
POTTER LUMBER COMPANY, LLC
PO Box 10 Key Personnel: Jerika Manning, Log Buyer &
ORDIE PRICE’S SAWMILL, INC.
Allegany, NY 14706 Dispatch.
7025 State Route 92
South Gibson, PA 18842 (716) 373-1260
Fax: 716-373-1297 RHOADES LOGGING, INC.
(570) 222-3986
Key Personnel: Jared Fower, GM; 1535 Hazeltine Hollow
Fax: 570-222-9006
Jaret Learn, Procurement Mgr.; Sugargrove, PA16350
E-mail: osawmill@nep.net
Key Personnel: Ordie E. Price; Aline J. Price; Ordie Stephen Potter, Dry Kiln & Pallet Parts Operations;
Lucy Benson, Office Mgr. RICHARD WALKER SAWMILL, ETC.
E. Price III, Austin A. Price and Lauren Price Ficarro.
825 Black Pond Road
Type of Operation: Lumber mfg. with kilns and
Fair Haven, VT 05743
planing mill.
(802) 273-2077
P Cell: 802-236-9261
PRECISION CUT LUMBER, LLC
Fax: 802-273-2077
P. R. F. PULP & LOGGING 123 Old Turnpike Road
www.dickwalkersawmill.com
7238 Route 91 Nottingham, NH 03290 Key Personnel: Richard Walker, Owner.
Tully, NY 13159
RICHIE PUTNAM RICHARDS LOGGING, LLC
PALLET ONE/ ISAACSON LUMBER CO. 25 Heald Street 201 Route 3
PO Box L Madison, ME 04950 Tupper Lake, NY 12986
Livermore Falls, ME 04254 (518) 359-2775
(207) 897-5711 Fax: 518-359-2779
Fax: (207) 897-5713 Q E-mail: richardsllc@msn.com
E-mail: ajamison@palletone.com Key Personnel: Bruce Richards, Partner;
Key Personnel:Donnie Isaacson, VP ; Clayton QUALITY HARDWOODS, INC. Lawrence Richards, Partner.
Miller, Plant Manager ; Stuart Isaacson, Sales PO Box 205
Manager ; Aaron Jamison, Log Buyer Sidney, NY 13838 TODD RIISKA
Type of Operation: Hardwood Sawmill and Pallet PO Box 63
Manufacturer Mill River, MA 01244

PARENT TIMBER HARVESTING R ROBBINS LUMBER

406 Paquette Road PO Box 47
Saint Albans, VT 05478 R. J. BEHAM FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC E. Baldwin, ME 04024
101 Hewins Street
PARKER LUMBER CO. Sheffield, MA 01257 ROBBINS LUMBER, INC.
511 Middle Road (413) 229-7813 53 Ghent Road
Bradford, ME 04410 E-mail: rjbforest@yahoo.com PO Box 9
(207) 327-2101 Type of Operation: Forestry Services Searsmont, ME 04973
Fax: 207-327-1529 (207) 342-5221
Key Personnel: Brian Parker, Pres.; R. L. BAKER FOREST SERVICE Fax: 207-342-5201
Johathan Davis, General Mgr; Tarik Alherimi; 8781 Atlanta-Garlinghouse Road E-mail: jarobbins@rlco.com
Kevin McCue, Retail Sales Naples, NY 14572 Key Personnel: Mark Vannah, Log Procurement;
2023 Production: 10 mmbf Softwood Lumber. (716) 374-5733 James Robbins, Pres.; Jeff Caswell, Sawmill
Type of Operation: Sawmill Key Personnel: Richard Baker. Operations.

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ROBINSON’S WOOD SHOP JIM SHULER SYLVAN TIMBER CLEARING, INC.

21 Delaware Avenue 367 Diamond Valley Road 61 Flints Crossing Road
Cortland, NY 13045 Barton, NY 13734 Canaan, NY 12029
(607) 687-1585
RON SPANN LOGGING
5677 Golden Road SHARP ENTERPRISES, LLC T
Boonville, NY 13309 1 Meadow Brook Road
Bristol, NH 03222 TIMBER RESOURCE GROUP
RUEBEL LOGGING & TRUCKING 66 Fontaine Road
18490 State Route 22 SIGFRIDSON WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC. PO Box 160
Petersburgh, NY 12138 125 Fitzgerald Road Stratton, ME 04982
(518) 817-3900 Brooklyn, CT 06234 (207) 246-4500
E-mail: hardmapleny@gmail.com (860) 774-2075 www.timber-resource.com
Key Personnel: Henry J. Ruebel, Henry R. Ruebel. Fax: 860-774-3354 Key Personnel: Allan Ryder, President; Craig
Type of Operation: Cable Grapple and E-mail: office@sigfridson.com Owen, Log Sales Mgr/Log Buyer NH/VT; Eric
Mechanized Logging. Key Personnel: Evan Sigfridson and Kenneth Stratton, Log Buyer VT; Trevor Lewis, Log
Sigfridson, Owners. Buyer ME; John Rounds, Log Buyer NY/VT/NH;
RUSSELL BASS & SONS LUMBER, LLC Administration: Carol Sherrier, Log Payroll; Tammy
PO Box 718 SIRIANNI HARDWOODS, INC. Paul, Controller; Jodie Caldwell, HR.
Hancock, NY 13783 912 Addison Road Type of Operation: Timber Resource Group (TRG)
(607) 637-5253 Painted Post, NY 14870 is the wood procurement & marketing company
Fax: 607-637-4858 (607) 962-4688 responsible for purchasing spruce & fir sawlogs for
E-mail: basslumber@hancock.net Fax: 607-936-6237 Stratton Lumber and Fontaine, Inc., sawmills which
Key Personnel: Russell Bass, Todd Bass, E-mail: Jim@Siriannihardwoods.com produce over 175 million board feet of lumber
Shane Bass. Key Personnel: Jim Sirianni, Tom Armentano, annually. In addition to direct deliveries to the
Andy Dickinson sawmills, TRG has a network of log yards in ME,
2023 Production: 10 mmbf Hardwood Lumber NH & VT where log suppliers and landowners can
S bring spruce/fir as well as other species & grades of
SMILEY’S TREE SERVICE hardwood and softwood logs.
S.K. LOGGING CONTRACTOR 5357 Bear Road
PO Box 14 North Syracuse, NY 13212 TIMBERWOLF LOGGING
Ludlow, VT 05149 Key Personnel: James Smileuske PO Box 455
(802) 384-0313 Littleton, NH 03561
SOUTH NORFOLK LUMBER CO. (603) 444-7115
SAVOY HOLLOW ENT 1117 Litchfield Road Fax: 603-444-4034
9 Mundy Terrace Norfolk, CT 06058 E-mail: rcrowetwolf@gmail.com
North Adams, MA 01247 (860) 542-5650 Key Personnel: Chris Crowe, Mgr.;
Fax: 860-379-0751 Rebecca Crowe, Asst. Mgr.
SCHMIDT’S SAWMILL
65 Smultz Road SOUTHWIND FORESTRY, LLC TLUSTY LOGGING, INC.
Glenmont, NY 12077 8252 VT Route 30 E28080 Pond Road
Key Personnel: Andrew Schmidt, Owner Pawlet, VT05761 Fairchild, WI 54741

SCOTLAND HARDWOODS STANHOPE LUMBER CO., INC. TODD SWEET LOGGING & FORESTRY
117, Ziegler Road, PO Box 328 69 River Road 447 Pearl Street
Scotland, CT 06264 Hanover, NH 03755 Wellsboro, PA 16901
(860) 423-1233 (570) 439-0518
Fax: 860-423-1969 STEVE DEAN EXCAVATING E-mail: pennlogger@yahoo.com
E-mail: sales@Rossilumber.com 170 Route 63PO Box 324 Key Personnel: Todd Sweet, Owner/Operator
Type of Operation: Sawmill Falls Village, CT 06031
(860) 824-5068 TREEMASTERS
SEACOAST MILLS, INC. Fax: 860-824-8007 478 Lick Street
136 Pine Road E-mail: stevedeanexcavating@yahoo.com Groton, NY 13073
Brentwood NH 03833 Key Personnel: Stephen Dean, Owner/Operator. (607) 898-5065
(603) 778-8216 Type of Operation: Excavating, Logging, Land E-mail: travis@treemastersny.com
Fax: 603-778-0926 Clearing. Key Personnel: Travis Pierce, Owner.
Key Personnel: Frank Singer, Pres.; Mary Bosch,
Gen. Mgr.; Scott Coleman, Yard Foreman; Bruce STEVE NEWTON FORESTRY, INC. TREES LTD.
Taylor, Sawyer. PO Box 825 39 Holway Road
Wells, VT 05774 Sidney, ME 04330
DAVE SENIO
PO Box 87 STILLWOOD FARM TRIUMPH PLAY SYSTEMS
Passumpsic, VT 05861 75 Barrows Road 15 Maple Avenue
Easton, CT 06612 Ashburnham, MA 01430
SEVEN ISLANDS LAND CO. Key Personnel: Paul Falco. (978) 827-6330
112 Broadway, PO Box 1168 E-mail: michael@triumphplaysystems.com
Bangor, ME 04402-1168 STINE BROTHERS Key Personnel: Michael Wooding, President and
(207) 947-0541 PO Box 1 Production Manager
E-mail: dlamontagne@sevenislands.com Cumberland, OH 43732 Type of Operation: Residential Playground
Key Personnel: Daniel LaMontagne, CEO.; Nick (740) 525-LOGS Manufacturer
Ireland, CFO; Nicolas Baser, VP of Timberland Key Personnel: Mark Stine (Owner)
Operations TURNER LOGGING & FIREWOOD
SUPREME FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. 259 Richards Road Ext.
SHAMROCK FORESTRY, LTD. 49 DePaolo Drive Litchfield, CT 06759
9500 Babcock Road Southington, CT 06489 (860) 283-8186
Camden NY 13316 (860) 485-1636 Fax: 860-283-0637
(315) 334-2430 Fax: 860-485-1646 E-mail: turnerlogging@outlook.com
Key Personnel: Patrick Regan Key Personnel: Charles Leigus, GM. Key Personnel: Bruce Turner, Owner.

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TWEEN HILLS FARM, LLC WEST CANADA PRESERVE, LLC WIITALA & VOZKA LOGGING, LLC
21 Rocky Hill Road 38 Pleasant View Drive W7978 Co. Highway D
Andover, MA 01810 Hudson, NY 12534 Eastboro, WI 54490
(518) 721-8354 Key Personnel: Ardin Wiitala
E-mail: tom@westcrick.com
U WILLYNN FARMS
WESTBURY LUMBER CO. PO Box 98
UNDERMOUNTAIN LOGGING & FIREWOOD 13831 Westbury Cut Off Road Montgomery, VT 05470
164 Canaan Mountain Road Red Creek, NY 13143
Falls Village, CT 06031 WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE
(860) 824-4708 WHITE MOUNTAIN LUMBER CO., INC. 230 Oswegatchie Road
Fax: 860-824-0207 Fonda, NY 12068
30 East Milan Road, PO Box 7
E-mail: normanwaycott@yahoo.com
Berlin, NH 03570
Key Personnel: Norman E. Waycott III, Owner. WOODSCAPES FORESTRY, LLC
Type of Operation: Logging, land clearing, and (603) 752-1000
Key Personnel: Barry J. Kelley, Pres.; Francis 114 Beane Road
firewood. Huntington, VT 05462
L. Osgood, Production; Roland Fickett, Office
Mgr.; Ross Caron, Log Procurement; Phillippe Key Personnel: Mike Ovitt, Owner/Operator.
Audet, Scaler; Mark Kelley, VP; Lilianne Beaulieu, Type of Operation: Cable Skidder Logger
V
Collections; Kirk Roy, Inventory Control; Au¬vern
WOODWISE LAND COMPANY, LLC
VAN VALKENBURGH LOGGING Kennison, Logging Supt.; Quinn Kelley, Traffic
PO Box 466
1304 State Highway 10 Control; Frank Chappell, Trouble Shooter; Ray
Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Jefferson, NY 12093 Mainguay, Gary Rainville,Head Sawyer, Mike
(888) 944-TREE
Schenevus, NY 12155 Gauthier Assistant to Sawmill Supervisor; Wayne
E-mail: contact@woodwiseland.com
(607) 652-3546; cell (607) 287-0919 Morris, Assistant Shipper; Jim Stranger, Planermill
Key Personnel: Mike Walsh, Forester; Pat Sadler,
Fax: 607-652-3546 Supervisor; Siobhan Kelley, Cost Control; Leonard
Forester; Matt Smith, Dir. of Operations; Dan
E-mail: DonVVLogging@aol.com Parker and Chet Mills, Security; Kevin Masters
Prokupets, President
Key Personnel: Donald Van Valkenburgh & Pallet Mill Quality Control; Mike Middleton, Planning Type of Operation: Timberland
Michael Van Valkenburgh, Co/Owners. Dir.; Charlie McMann, Sawmill Supervisor; Joe 2024 Plans: Continue to practice sustainable
Becker, Specialties; Safety Officer; Ron Lozeau, forestry
JOE VAN VOLKENBURGH Lumber distribution; John Moulton, Equipment
370 Cal Rant Road scheduling; Brynna Kelley, Plant Nurse; Don
Prattsville, NY 12468-9601
Goulet, Customer Svcs.; Devin Kelley, Woodlands
Mgr.; Plant Electrician;Brian Virgin; Paul Fortin,
Y
VERRIER TREE SERVICE
753 Nooseneck Hill Road Hardware Mgr; Arlington Edwards, Computer
DEAN H. YEATON
West Greenwich, ME 02817 Systems Technicians; Paul Dumont, Machinist;
210 Yeaton Road
Brian Nelson, Head Grader; Susan Astle, Office
Plymouth, NH 03264
Supv; Gail Burlock, Main Eng; Ray Bizier, Fleet (603) 536-2838
W Supv; Flo Bourassa, Knives, Supt; Dan Davenport, Fax: 603-536-2747
WAGNER HARDWOODS Supv Log Feeding; Keith Davenport, Floor Mgr; E-mail: dyeatontkg@yhoo.com
PO Box 68, Route 224 Jay Bellomy, Eng; Noella Holt, Sales Mgr; Alan Key Personnel: Dean Yeaton, President.
Cayuta, NY 14824 Laflamme, Production; Bob Lessard, Fleet Mgr; Type of Operation: Trucking for hire.
(607) 594-3321 Alan Roy, Retail Mgr; Randy Woodward, Sales
Fax: 607-594-3627 Mgr; Lorraine Duchesne, Sales Super; Don Cote, YURCHO SERVICES
Key Personnel: Kevin Pudney, GM; Marcus Fleet Main Super; Mike Lizotte, Delivery Super; 87 Delaware Road
Beasley, Log yard & Dispatch, Jay Harris, Timber Willie Tibbetts, Wholesale Del; Al LeClerc, Sawyer; Easton, CT 06612
Procurement; Brian Sexton, Lumber Sales. Rachel Robichaud, Comptroller; Dave Lavigne,
Purchasing Mgr; Debbie Ramsey, Receiving
WAGNER HARDWOODS, LLC. Specialist; Dave Marcotte, Woodlands Accounting
4060 Gaskill Road Z
Mgr; Carl Beaudoin, Woodlands Safety Officer;
Owego, NY 13827 Mike Lanetot, Head Machinist; Bob Rasmussen,
(607) 687-5362 ZACJAC FORESTRY
Environmental Control, Willie Hebert, Electrical PO Box 228
Fax: 607-687-2633
Consultant; Leo Fontaine, 2nd Shift Electrial Tech; Cornish Flat, NH 03746
Key Personnel: Les Wagner, Pres.; Tom Gerow,
Leo Beaulieu, Structural Tech; Josh Forbush, Pallet
GM; Ty Bowgren, Head of Procurement; Jeff Lisk,
Mill Mgr.; Jason Schoonover, PA Log Purchasing; Design; Andy LeClerc, Asst Lumber Distribution; ZUWALICK & SONS, INC.
Eric LaClair, Timber Procurement. Roland Aubert, Maint Supv; Richard Hanscom, 36 Zuwalick Lane
Type of Operation: Hardwood lumber Grounds Foreman; Tom Dinardo, Warehouse Branford, CT 06405
manufacturing and drying. Mgr; Rob Fillds, Health Services; Evie Kelley,
Catalogue Sales Mgr; Jeff Noyes, Contract Sales;
WARD PINE MILL, INC. Bob Villeneuve, Safety Officer; Don Soule, Delivery
702 Glenn Road, PO Box 177 Coordinator, Justin McMann, Design & Weld.
Jay, NY 12941
Key Personnel: All Employees WIGHTMAN LUMBER &
BUILDING SUPPLIES, INC.
WARNERCREST PO Box 386
281 Parker Holl Portlandville, NY 13834
PO Box 92-281 (607) 286-9201 & (607) 286-9813
Masonville, NY 13804
Fax: 607-286-7136
E-mail: sales@wightmanlumber.com
WEABER INC.
Key Personnel: Daniel Wightman, General
1231 Mt Wilson Road
Lebanon, PA 17042 Manager; David Wightman, Operations Manager;
(717) 867-4693 Matthew Wightman, Finish Mill Manager, Regional
Fax: 717-867-1711 Lumber sales; Cliff Clune, Wholesale Sales; Joel
E-mail: rseroski@weaberlumber.com Griffith, Sawmill Manager; Tyler Armstrong, Log
Key Personnel: Matt Weaber, President & CEO; Procurement; Dave Lampron, Assistant General
Rick Seroski, Lumber Buyer/Export & Domestic Manager.
Sales; Log Buyers: Beryl Weaber, Ron Noll; Type of Operation: Sawmill, planer mill, dry kilns,
Shawn McCanna, Timber Buyer. retail yard.

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C H Key Personnel: Jennifer Kea Craun, Pres.; Verna
Kea, Co-founder; Henry Kea, VP, Co-founder; Lisa
CHADWICK-BAROSS HANCOCK LUMBER CO. West, Customer Service/Sales Coord.; Cynthia
188 Perry Road 1260 Poland Spring Road Wells, GeeGee Mills, Barbara McLendon, Customer
Bangor, ME 04401 Casco, ME 04015 Service.
Type of Operation: Serving the sawmill industry
CJ LOGGING EQUIPMENT INC. HMC CORPORATION for over 18 years with steel and plastic strapping,
8730 Industrial Drive, PO Box 661 284 Maple Street tools, stretch film, and packaging materials. We
Boonville, NY 13309 Contoocook, NH 03229 have shipping points in the northeast, Midwest,
(315) 942-4756 southeast, and mid-Atlantic to provide faster delivery.
(603) 746-4691
Fax: 315-942-4332
Fax: 603-746-4819
E-mail: info@cjlogequip.com MAINE FOREST PRODUCTS COUNCIL
E-mail: info@hmccorp.com
www.cjloggingequipment.com 535 Civic Center Drive
www.hmccorp.com
Type of Operation: Sales & service of logging Augusta, ME 04330
Key Personnel: Peter Taylor, Pres.; Joel Taylor, GM
equipment, supplies and accessories. (207) 622-9288
Type of Operation: Manufacturers of sawmill
machinery; modular mills, debarkers, edgers, E-mail: psirois@maineforest.org
carriages, carriage drives, chain turners, trimmers,
D and conveying equipment. Distributors of band MILTON-CAT
headrigs, Stenner resaws, linebar resaws, 100 Quarry Drive
DMSI SOFTWARE computer setworks (linear positioning and set Milford, MA 01757
11650 Miracle Hills Dr. Suite 100 shaft), edgers, chippers, hogs, hammermills, (508) 634-3400
Omaha, NE 68154 regenerative SCR carriage and bandmill drives.
(402) 330-6620
E-mail: jbolstad@dmsi.com
Key Personnel: Jason Bolstad, Vice Pres.; Barry
HORLACHER & SHERWOOD, INC. N
PO Box 680, 108 SR 92 S.
Hodgkin, Customer Services Exec. Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Type of Operation: Software & Hardware NORTHEAST MILL SERVICES LLC
(570)-836-6298 31 Route 25, Unit 4
E-mail: skiddershop@gmail.com Plymouth, NH 03264
www.skiddershop.com (603) 536-5730
F Key Personnel: Michael G. Baker and Scott Piper
Type of Operation: Sawmill Machinery and
FOREST PRODUCTS CERTIFICATION GROUP
PO Box 185
L Consulting.
Shoreham, VT 05770
LINDSCO EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(603) 312-2065
50 Green Point Road, PO Box 249 O
E-mail: robertleeedmonds@gmail.com
Brewer, ME 04412
www.forestproductsgroup.org
(207) 989-1441 O’CONNOR MOTOR CO.
Key Personnel: Douglas Patterson, CEO, Chief
Fax: 207-989-6471 187 Riverside Drive
Internal Auditor, Shoreham, VT; Internal Auditors:
E-mail: wfrench@lindsco.com
Taylor Bucci, Marcellus, NY; Lindsay Seggelke, Augusta, ME 04330
Key Personnel: Bill French, Pres.
Arvada, CO; Business Services: JB Cullen, Key Personnel: Darryl LeClair
Strafford, NH; Member Services: Bob Edmonds, Type of Operation: Sale of Debarking/Chipping
Punta Gorda, FL. equipment. Steel fabrication of components and
Type of Operation: Providing Forest Stewardship conveyors.
P
Council® (FSC) certification at group rates along
with practical hands-on, problem-free service LUMBERMENONLINE.COM
PO Box 1146 PRO PAC INDUSTRIES INC.
to loggers, sawmills, cabinet and furniture 415 Route Kennedy
manufacturers, lumber and log brokers, printers, Columbia, TN 38402
St-Come-Liniere, QC CANADA G0M 1J0
veneer producers and other businesses dealing
(418) 685-2050
with anything wood nationwide. FSC®-C109137
E-mail: info@propac.qc.ca
M www.propacindustries.com
FRANK MARTIN SONS, INC.
Key Personnel: Dave Carrier, Sales Rep.
PO Box 10 MAINE AUTO RADIATOR MFG.
Fort Kent Mills, ME 04744 14 Forrestal Street, PO Box 1916
(207) 834-3171 Lewiston, ME 04241-1916
Fax: 207-834-3115 (207) 784-0189 S
E-mail: mail@fms-equipment.com Fax: 207-782-6142
www.fms-equipment.com E-mail: sales@maineradiator.com SACANDAGA LUMBER
Key Personnel: Steve Ouellette, Pres.; Keith Key Personnel: D D Samay, Pres; Jason Lowit, 673 County Hwy 152
Michaud, Sales Mgr.; Gil Blier, Parts Mgr.; Richard Controller; Frank Samay, VP Mfg. Mayfield, NY 12117
Voisine, Service Mgr.; Kris LePage, Branch Mgr. Type of Operation: Automotive & industrial radiator (518) 848-6997
Type of Operation: Heavy equipment sales and core manufacturer, offering units specifically E-mail: rjunquera@roadrunner.com
service for Tigercat, Hitachi, Kobelco, Liu Gong, designed for pulp and paper trucks and equipment. Key Personnel:Michael Junquera, Owner
Palfinger, Cummins & Mercedes engines, Logmax, All items are made 100% in the USA with superior Type of Operation: Logging
ProPac, Allied parts, Prentice parts. materials and workmanship. Call us for details
SENECA SAW WORKS, INC.
MCGREGOR PACKAGING, CORP. PO Box 681, 3843 Main Street
G PO Box 7552 Burdett, NY 14818
Tifton, GA 31793 (607) 546-5887
GROFF TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT (800) 362-9332 E-mail: casey@senecasaw.com
2550 E. Cumberland Street Fax: 229-386-5144 www.senecasaw.com
Lebanon, PA 17042 E-mail: sales@mcpackage.com Key Personnel: Casey Creamer, Pres. & Saw
E-mail: williamshutter@grofftractor.com www.mcpackage.com Doctor.

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Type of Operation: Manufacturing and sales of U WALLINGFORD’S INC.

the Atlas line of saw maintenance tools. Atlas 16 New Hampshire Route 132N
spider gauge, Atlas handfiler, Atlas saw hammering U-CUT ENTERPRISES, INC. New Hampton, NH 03256
bench, Atlas saw leveler, Atlas tension gauges. PO Box 420 (800) 323-3708; (207) 465-9575
Manufacturing, sales and service of inserted Jamesville, NY 13078 Fax: 207-465-9601
tooth, circular saws. saw hammering and welding, (315) 492-9316 E-mail: info@wallingfords.com
troubleshooting and consulting. Also training for Fax: 315-492-4044 Type of Operation: Wholesale distributor of
saw hammering, saw welding or troubleshooting. Key Personnel: Brigham Booher, President; forestry products including BABAC tire chains,
Pat Buff, VP; Brent Booher, VP. Veriga traction products, Orbit saw chain, iGrip ice
Type of Operation: Sawmill Equipment Sales & studs, GB bars, Carlton saw chain, Aquiline tire
chains, ICC chain and industrial supply, Ballantine
T Service
feller teeth.
TIMBER RESOURCES, INC.
WHITED PETERBILT OF MAINE
3071 Aberdeen Road V 207 Perry Road
Madison TWP, PA 18444
Bangor, ME 04401
Key Personnel: Rich Sobala VULCAN ON BOARD SCALES
(207) 947-3673
5920 S. 194th Street
Fax: 207-942-7896
TRACY-DRISCOLL INSURANCE Kent, WA 98032
E-mail: info@whitedtruck.com
PO Box 2060 (253) 480-2222
www.whitedtruck.com
Bristol, CT 06010 Key Personnel: Sue McAvoy.
(860) 506-2391 Type of Operation: New Peterbilt trucks, all makes
E-mail: ndorval@tracy-driscoll.com W used trucks, Stairs log trailers, Etnyre & Rogers
Key Personnel: Norm Dorval lowbed trailers, Dorsey chip trailers. Maine’s
W. J. COX ASSOCIATES, INC. newest Hyundai equipment dealer at our Auburn &
TREGASKIS & ASSOCIATES 9600 Main Street, Suite 3 Saco locations selling new and used construction
4797 Hilliard Road Clarence NY 14031-2093 equipment.
Groton, NY 13073 (716) 759-9606
(607) 898-3821 Fax: 716-759-9607
E-mail: dave@tregaskisagency.com E-mail: kbrown@wjcox.com
Key Personnel: David Tregaskis www.wjcox.com
Type of Operation: Insurance for Contractors, Key Personnel: Kevin Brown
Forestry, Trucking, Tree Service and more Type of Operation: Insurance, financial services

Wishing You
A Joyful
Holiday Season
Timberwolf Logging, LLC
PO Box 455
Littleton, NH 03561
(603) 444-7115
Fax (603) 444-4034
Email: rcrowetwolf@gmail.com

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 Public Agencies: Northeast & Lake States
CONNECTICUT Chain of Custody Industry Group (70 members). sawlogs and an additional 142,715,300 bf of other
Type of Operation: Manages 13 state forests and cut forest products annually, down approximately
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & 2 state recreation areas totaling over 150,000 acres 30%. Inspection of commercial timber harvest
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FSC/SFI certified forestland managed for multiple operations for compliance with the provisions of
Bureau of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry use. Each year, for conservation plantings, operates the KY Forest Conservation Act (KRS 149.330-
79 Elm Street 2 tree seedling nurseries that grow between 3.5 and 355), which includes a Master Logger on-site and in
Hartford, CT 06106 4 million seedlings. Anyone seeking information on charge of all commercial timber harvest operations
(860) 424-3630 the primary or secondary wood using industries in and implementation of appropriate Best Mgt
Fax: 860-424-4070 Indiana should write Jeff Settle, Forest Resources Practices (BMPs) for the protection of water quality.
E-mail: deep.forestry@ct.gov Information, 1278 E. SR 250 Brownstown, IN 47220
www.ct.gov/deep/forestry or (812) 358-2160 or jsettle@dnr.IN.gov.
Key Personnel: Christopher R Martin, State MAINE
Forester; Nicholas Zito, Forest Practitioner
Certification, Utilization & Private & Municipal IOWA MAINE FOREST SERVICE
Lands; Daniel Peracchio, Statewide Forest Department of Agriculture, Conservation, &
Planning; Andrea Urbano, Private & Municipal IOWA DEPARTMENT OF Forestry
Lands; William Hochholzer, State Lands Mgmt; NATURAL RESOURCES 22 State House Station
Helene Hochholzer, Forest Protection. Bureau of Forestry Augusta, ME 04333
Type of Operation: The CT Division of Forestry Wallace State Office Building (207) 287-2791
manages about 175,000 acres of state-owned 502 East 9th Street, 4th Floor www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs
forestland, provides technical assistance to family Des Moines, IA 50319 Key Personnel: Patty Cormier, Dir.: Allison Kanoti,
forest owners and communities, and works in (515) 725-8200 Dir., Forest Health Monitoring Div.; Donald Mansius,
conjunction with the CT Agricultural Experiment Director, Forest Policy & Management Div.; Marleen
Station on forest health – insects and disease Lajoie, Resource Administrator; Robby Gross, State
issues of concern. The Division has a very active KENTUCKY Forest Fire Supervisor.
forest fire prevention and suppression program and Type of Operation: Government – State
operates programs certifying forest practitioners DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST
and assists municipalities classifying current-use 1700 Bypass Road
forestland for property tax purposes. The Division Winchester, KY 40391
maintains a directory of all certified practitioners.
MARYLAND
(859) 745-3111
Type of Operation: US Forest Service. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
DELAWARE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET Forest Service
Department for Natural Resources Tawes State Building (E-1)
DELAWARE FOREST SERVICE Division of Forestry 580 Taylor Avenue
2320 S. DuPont Highway 300 Sower Building Annapolis, MD 21401
Dover, DE 19901 Frankfort, KY 40601 (410) 260-8531
(302) 698-4547 (502) 564-4496 Fax: 410-260-8595
Fax: 302-736-7945 Fax: 502-564-6553 E-mail: Donald.vanhassent@maryland.gov
dda.delaware.gov/forestry www.forestry.ky.gov
Key Personnel: Don VanHassent, State Forester.
Key Personnel: Michael A. Valenti, State Forester. Key Personnel: Leonard K Peters, Cabinet
Type of Operation: The Maryland Forest Service
Type of Operation: State forestry agency provides Secretary; Steve Hohmann, Dept Comm; Leah
is responsible for the statewide delivery of all
assistance to Delaware landowners and the forest W MacSwords, Div Dir; Steven J Kull, Asst Dir;
technical and financial forestry assistance on
products industry through various programs upon Timothy Sheehan, Branch Mgr, Restoration and
both public and private lands including Private
request. State Forest Branch; Diana Olszowy, Branch Mgr,
and Public Land Forest Stewardship, Urban and
Stewardship Branch; Tim Brown, Branch Mgr, Field
Community Forestry, Nursery Operations and
Operations Branch; Rick Washsbaugh, Branch
Tree Improvement, Wildland Fire Prevention and
Mgr, Admin Service Branch; Luke Saunier, Fire
ILLINOIS Chief; Larry Lowe, Section Spvsr, Forest Resources
Suppression, Forest Resource Planning & Analysis,
Forest Products Utilization and Marketing and
Section; Eric Gracey, Section Spvsr, State Forest
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF Chesapeake Bay Watershed Programming.
Section; Floyd Willis, Regional Forester, NE
NATURAL RESOURCES
Region, 225 Rodburn Hollow Rd, Morehead, KY
Division of Forest Resources
40351, (606) 783-8625; Tad Norris III, Regional
One Natural Resources Way
Forester, Southeast Region, 154 Grand Vue Plaza, MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Hazard KY 41702, (606) 435-6073; Owen Maddox,
(217) 782-6302 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND
Regional Forester, West Region, 625 Hospital Dr,
www.dnr.illinois.gov RECREATION
Madisonville, KY 42431, (270) 824-7527; James
Wright, Regional Forester, North Central Region, Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
105 Corporate Dr, Suite 1, Frankfort, KY 40602, 251 Causeway Street, 6th Floor
INDIANA (502) 573-1085; Byron Nelson, Regional Forester, Boston, MA 02114
Central Region, 120 Gaines Dr, Campbellsville, (617) 626-1250
INDIANA DIVISION OF FORESTRY KY 42718, (270) 465-5071; Joanna Davidson, Fax: 617-626-1449
402 W. Washington Street, Room W296 Nursery Supt, John P Rhody Nursery, PO Box 97, Key Personnel: Peter Church, Director of Forest
Indianapolis, IN 46204 Gilbertsville, KY 42044, (270) 362-8331; Charles Stewardship.
(317) 232-4105 Saunders, Nursery Supt, Morgan Co Nursery, 326 Type of Operation: State Forestry Agency
Fax: 812-358- 5837 Tree Nursery Road, West Liberty, KY 41472, (606) Goal: To provide a stable supply of forest products
E-mail: jsettle@dnr.in.gov 743-3511. including timber, wildlife habitat, water, and amenity
Key Personnel: 20 professional foresters who Type of Operation: Public forestry services values through improved management of public
work with private woodland owners in an effort to provided to private non-industrial landowners who and private forestlands in the Commonwealth.
better manage private forestland; 1 Forest Products own 88% of the Commonwealth’s 12.4 million Service Forestry: Provides assistance to private
Specialist who works directly with timber buyers, acres of forestland along with the administration woodland owners, approves management plans
loggers and primary industries for better utilization of more than 43,713 acres of state forests. This for stewardship, and the State’s preferential
and safer harvesting techniques. Manages FSC acreage produced a cut of 611,000,000 bf of assessment programs, (Chapter 61); reviews

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and approves Chapter 132 Forest Cutting Plans; assists private forest landowners, and grows 10 Type of Operation: Integrated Resource
oversees the issuance of about 600 Timber million nursery seedlings annually in state nurseries, Management of National Forest Lands in New
Harvester licenses annually. prevents and fights wild fires on 45 million acres of Hampshire and Maine.
Management Forestry: Responsible for forest land, and annually surveys 14 million acres of forest
management and planning on 300,000 acres of land for forest pests. Principal pulpwood species
DCR land; prepares and supervises commercial include aspen, birch, spruce, balsam and pine.
harvests of timber, fuelwood, and pulpwood. Hardwood saw timber species including oak, ash,
NEW JERSEY
Forest Products Marketing and Utilization: Provides basswood, aspen, birch and pine.
NEW JERSEY STATE FORESTRY SERVICES
assistance to wood product industries and
501 East State Street, MC 501-04
landowners in locating and developing markets and
Trenton, NJ 08625
improving utilization of timber resources. MISSOURI (609) 292-2532
Forest Health: Work on control, suppression, and
Fax: 609-984-0378
eradication of forests pests in Commonwealth MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION www.forestry.nj.gov
forests. Forestry Division E-mail: askaforester@dep.nj.gov
PO Box 180 Type of Operation: Utilization & Marketing, Forest
Jefferson City, MO 65102 Industry Professionals Database
MICHIGAN (573) 751-4115
Fax: 573-526-6670
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL www.mdc.mo.gov
RESOURCES Key Personnel: Lisa G. Allen, State Forester; John
NEW YORK
Forest Resources Division Tuttle, Forest Mgmt Chief; Justine Gartner, Forest
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PO Box 30452 Mgmt Chief; Mike Morris, Forest Products Pgrm
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Lansing, MI 48909-9845 Supv.
Division of Lands & Forests
(517) 284-5900 Type of Operation: State Agency – manages fish,
625 Broadway, Floor 5
E-mail: asselind@michigan.gov forest, and wildlife resources.
Albany, NY 12233
www.michigan.gov/timber
(518) 402-9405
Forest Products Industry Directory
Key Personnel: Robert Davies, State Forester
Chris Schmiege (517) 275-2865 NEW HAMPSHIRE
E-mail: schmiegeC@michigan.gov Region 1: Long Island
www.michigan.gov/wood NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL Regional Office: Brook, 50 Circle Rd, Stony Brook,
Key Personnel: Donovan Asselin, Timber Sales AND CULTURAL RESOURCES NY 11790, (631) 444-0285
Specialist. Division of Forests and Lands
Type of Operation: Timber Sales; Forest Region 2: New York City
172 Pembroke Road
Resources Div, Dept of Natural Resources; Regional Office:Long Island City (Bronx, Brooklyn,
Concord, NH 03301
State of Michigan. Notice is hereby given that New York, Queens, Richmond), 1 Hunters Point
(603) 271-2214
timber will be periodically offered for sale from Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY
Fax: 603-271-6488
State Forest Lands. Sales are conducted for the 11101 (718) 482-4942
www.nh.gov/nhdfl.org
purposes of harvesting mature and over mature Key Personnel: Patrick D. Hackley, State Forester/ Region 3: Lower Hudson Valley
trees, responding to past or predicted insect Director; Steve Sherman, Chief – Forest Protection; Regional Office: New Paltz (Dutchess, Orange,
and disease outbreaks, salvaging fire-damaged Will Guinn, Administrator – Forest Management; Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester), 21 S. Putt
trees, enhancing wildlife habitat and improving Tracey Boisvert, Administrator – Land Management; Corners Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561 (845) 256-3000
health of forest trees. All harvests are designed Susan Francher, Administrator – Planning
to enhance growth of the residual trees or to and Community Forestry; Sabrina Stanwood, Region 4: Capital Region/Northern Catskills
promote full and prompt regeneration. Prospectus Administrator – Natural Heritage; Regional Rangers: Regional Office: Schenectady (Albany, Columbia,
information regarding the purchase of standing Douglas Miner, Captain; Michael Matson, Captain; Rensselaer, Schenectady) 1130 N. Westcott Rd,
timber (stumpage) is posted on the web at Kyle Lombard, Forest Entomologist/Pathologist; Schenectady, NY 12306 (518) 357-2155. Stamford
www.michigan.gov/timber. Prospective bidders Regional foresters: Scott Rolfe – South Region, Sub-Office (Delaware, Greene, Montgomery,
interested in receiving notice of sales may be Mike Powers – Central Region, Maggie Machinist Otsego, Schoharie) 65561 St Hwy 10, Ste 1,
placed on the mailing list for select Management – North Region; AJ Dupere – Community Forester; Stamford NY 12167 (607) 652-7365
Units or statewide. Bidders not on a list, and Bob Spoerl, Land Agent.
wishing to be added, may contact the Division Type of Operation: Carrying out forestry Region 5: Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain
Office (Department of Natural Resources, Forest management activities on approximately 230,000 Regional Office: Ray Brook (Clinton, Essex,
Resources Div, PO Box 30452, Lansing MI 48909- acres of state owned land; management of the Franklin) 1115 St Rt 86, PO Box 296, Ray Brook,
9845, (517) 331-8766, E-mail: spagnuolom2@ state forest nursery; administration of the natural NY 12977 (518) 897-1276. Northville Sub-Office
michigan.gov) or their local Management Unit heritage program; land acquisition and disposal; (Fulton, Hamilton) 701 S. Main St, PO Box 1316,
office. administering leases and permits for state lands; Northville, NY 12134 (518) 863-4545. Warrensburg
Michigan Forest Products Industry Directory: monitoring and maintenance of the state land Sub-Office (Saratoga, Warren, Washington) 232
a free, searchable directory of Michigan loggers, records and boundaries, surveying; enforcement Golf Course Road, PO Box 220, Warrensburg, NY
sawmills, and manufacturers listing products & of forestry laws in the state; monitoring and 12885 (518) 623-1270.
services, material & species used, key equipment, responding to forest insect and disease infestations; Region 6: Western Adirondacks/Upper Mohawk
and contact info maintained by the Michigan Dept. prevention and suppression of forest fires; Valley/Eastern Lake Ontario
of Natural Resources. For custom inquiries or to management of three forestry education centers; Regional Office: Watertown, State Office Building,
create or update company listings, contact David statewide forest resource planning; implementing Watertown, NY 13601 (315) 785-2263. Herkimer
Neumann at above address. research-based outreach educational programs in Sub-Office (Herkimer, Oneida) 225 North Main St,
forest stewardship; urban and community forestry PO Box 89, Herkimer, NY 13350 (315) 866-6330.
and forestry industry economic development. Lowville Sub-Office (Jefferson, Lewis) 7327 State
MINNESOTA Route 812, Lowville NY 13367 (315) 376-3521.
WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST Potsdam Sub-Office (St. Lawrence) 6739 US Hwy
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 71 White Mountain Drive 11, Potsdam NY 13676 (315) 265-3090.
RESOURCES Campton, NH 03223
500 Lafayette Road (603) 536-6100 Region 7: Central NY
St. Paul, MN 55155 Fax: 603-536-3685 Regional Office: Cortland (Cayuga, Cortland,
(651) 259-5289 E-mail: roger.boyer@usda.gov Onondaga, Tioga, Tompkins) 1285 Fisher Avenue,
Type of Operation: State Agency. The Division Key Personnel: Derek Ibarguen, Forest Supervisor; Cortland, NY 13045 (607) 753-3095. Altmar Sub-
of Forestry administers 4.5 million acres of state Stacy Lemieux, Ecosystems; Roger Boyer, Office (Oswego) 2133 Cty Rt 22, Altmar, NY 13302
owned land under the principles of sustainable Timber Mgmt; District Rangers: Brooke Brown, (315) 298-7467. Sherburne Sub-Office (Broome,
forest management. The division manages 58 state Pemigewasset RD, Jim Innes, Saco RD, Josh Chenango, Madison) 2715 St Hwy 80, Sherburne,
forests, more than 2000 miles of state forest roads, Sjostrom, Androscoggin RD. NY 13460 (607) 674-4017

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Region 8: Rochester/Western Finger Lakes RHODE ISLAND WEST VIRGINIA

Regional Office: Avon (Genesee, Livingston,
Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne) 6274 E. Avon- RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF FOREST WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Lima Rd, Avon, NY 14414 (585) 226-2466. Bath ENVIRONMENT Division of Forestry
Sub-Office (Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, 235 Promenade Street, Suite 394 7 Players Club Drive
Yates) 7291 Coon Rd, Bath, NY 14810 Providence, RI 02908 Charleston, WV 25311
(607) 776-2165 (401) 222-2445 (304) 558-2788
Fax: 401-222-2444 Fax: 304-558-0143
Region 9: Western NY E-mail: bruce.payton@dem.ri.gov E-mail: c.tom.cover@wv.gov
Regional Office: Buffalo (Erie, Niagara, Wyoming) Type of Operation: State forestland management. www.wvforestry.com
270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14203 (716) 851- Key Personnel: Tom Cover, Director/State Forest;
7000. Allegany Sub-Office 182 E. Union St, Ste 3, Tony Evans, Deputy State Forester.
Allegany, NY 14706 (716) 372-0645. Dunkirk Sub- Type of Operation: Approximate total area of
Office (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua) 178 Point Dr N.,
VERMONT
9 state forests 80,000 acres. Net commercial
Dunkirk, NY 14048 (716) 363-2052. West Almond timber production area 10 million acres. Estimated
US FOREST SERVICE: GREEN MOUNTAIN &
Sub-Office (Allegany) 2524 Cty Rt 2A, Almond, NY annual cut 1.3 billion bf. State Division of Forestry
FINGER LAKES NATIONAL FORESTS
14084 (585) 466-3241 is responsible for forestry management advice to
4387 US Route 4
Type of Operation: Area of State Forests: 779,000 Mendon, VT 05701 260,000 NIPF owners and for forest protection
acres; Area of Adirondack & Catskill Forest (802) 747-6700 (fire) and regulating logging, timber tax incentive
Preserve: 3,246,915 acres; Area of Conservation Fax: 802-747-6766 program, and ginseng under the ESA Act. Also
Easements 902,000 acres. www.fs.usda.gov/main/gmfl/home responsible for forest tree nursery.
Key Personnel: John Sinclair, Forest Supervisor;
Greg Gustina, Natural Resources Staff; Jeff Tilley, MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST
Forest Management. USDA, Forest Service
OHIO 200 Sycamore Street
Type of Operation: The Green Mountain and
Finger Lakes National Forests have an active forest Elkins, WV 26241-3962
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF (304) 636-1800
NATURAL RESOURCES management program in support of the forest
products industry and local communities. Fax: 304-636-1875
Division of Forestry Key Personnel: Elkins WV 26241: Shawn M.
2045 Morse Road Bldg. H-1 Cochran, Forest Supervisor; Robert West, Deputy
Columbus, OH 43229 VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Forest Supervisor; Robert Phillips, Forest Engineer;
(614) 265-6694 Kirk Piehler, Natural Resources & Engineering
Fax: 614-447-9231 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2
Montpelier, VT 05620-3801 Group Leader. Richwood, WV 26261; Jack
forestry.ohiodnr.gov Tribble, District Ranger, Bartow, WV 24920; Jason
Key Personnel: Robert Boyles, State Forester. (802) 828-1531
Fax: 802-828-1399 Hattersley, Districxt Ranger Martinton, WV 24986;
Key Personnel: Michael Snyder, Commissioner; Jon Morgan, District Ranger Parsons WV, 26287
Steven J. Sinclair, Director of Forests; Keith and Petersburg, WV 26847.
PENNSYLVANIA Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager; Paul Type of Operation: US Government
Frederick, Forest Products Mktg and Utilization;
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & Nate McKeen, District Forester, CT Valley District,
NATURAL RESOURCES Springfield, VT; Gary Sabourin; District Forester, WISCONSIN
Bureau of Forestry Champlain Valley District, Essex Jct, VT; Kathy
Rachel Carson State Office Building Decker, District Forester, Central Forester, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
6th Floor Northeast Kingdom District, St Johnsbury, VT; RESOURCES
PO Box 8552 Ginger Anderson, District. Forester, Central VT Division of Forestry
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552 District, Barre, VT. 107 Sutliff Avenue
(717) 787-2703 Type of Operation: State Forestry Organization. Rhinelander, WI 54501
Fax: 717-783-5109 (888) 936-7463
Type of Operation: Managing a 2.1 million-acre Fax: 608-266-8576
State Forest system under sound ecosystem
management while providing pure water, recreation VIRGINIA http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/forestry.html
Key Personnel: Heather Berklund, Chief State
sustained yields of quality timber and proper Foreste/Div. Administrator; Mike Warnke, Deputy
mineral utilization. Protection of all forest land from USDA FOREST SERVICE:
GEORGE WASHINGTON & Div. Administrator; Janel Pike, Dir. Bureau of
fire, insects and diseases. Promotion of forestry to Forestry Business Services; Carmen Hardin, Dir.
the general public by explaining wise stewardship JEFFERSON NATIONAL FORESTS
5162 Valleypointe Parkway Bureau of Applied Forestry; James Warren, Dir.
and utilization of forest resources. Bureau of Forestry Field Operations; Eric Zenz,
Roanoke, VA 24019
(540) 265-5163 Southwest District Forestry Leader (DFL); Amy
USDA FOREST SERVICE Morales, Northwest DFL; Ryan Severson Northeast
Allegheny National Forest Fax: 540-265-5145
E-mail: jarret.winningham@usda.gov DFL.
4 Farm Colony Drive Type of Operation: Wisconsin DNR Division
Warren, PA 16365 Key Personnel: Jarret Winningham, Contracting
Officer; Troy Morris, Timber Staff Officer. of Forestry is responsible for developing and
(814) 728-6100 implementing a balanced management and
Key Personnel: Sherry Tune, Forest Supervisor; Type of Operation: Timber management in the
beautiful Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains protection program for the state’s forest resources.
Robert Fallon, Marienville District Ranger; Rich The 17.1 million acres of forests that cover nearly
Hatfield, Bradford District Ranger. of Virginia and a portion of West Virginia. Timber
sales program consists of 25 to 30 million board half of Wisconsin and the millions of trees in
Type of Operation: Multiple use National Forest Wisconsin communities are vital to the quality
with 30 mm bf annual timber sale offer volume. feet of hardwood timber. Red and White Oak,
Yellow Poplar, White Pine, and other Appalachian of life in the state. Wisconsin’s forests provide
Offering high quality northern and Allegheny a wide range of social, cultural, ecological and
hardwoods including black cherry, red maple, species of sawtimber as well as hardwood and
pine pulpwood. Current sale offerings as well as economic benefits used every day: from clean air
sugar maple, birch, beech, white ash, yellow and water to wildlife habitat to outdoor recreational
poplar, oaks and basswood. bidding procedure information can be found at
www.fs.usda.gov/resources/gwj/landmanagement/ opportunities to hundreds of wood and paper
resourcemanagement. products. The Division of Forestry administers
programs that protect and sustain these forested
lands throughout the state, combining technical
and financial assistance, planning, research,
technology, education and policy to help meet the
many demands of the forest both today and for
many years to come.

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 Merry Christmas
and
Happy NewYear
from the
Gutchess family to yours!

The employee owners from Cortland,

Preble, Freedom, Brookville,
Vernon, and Taconic locations would
like to thank all of the landowners,
contractors, and customers
who teamed up with us in 2022.
From
We look forward to maintaining old
Rocky Hill Farm and building new business relationships

Chainsaw Shop
in 2023!

Glenmoore PA

Lumber Co. Inc.

1103 Vernon St., Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 254-4508 Email: woodlands@cersosimo.com

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 IGHTMAN
UMBER
& Building Supplies, Inc.

Best Wishes
for a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
To All of Our Suppliers
146 County Route 35A
PO Box 386
Portlandville, NY 13834
Phone 607-286-9201 FAX 607-286-7136
www.wightmanlumber.com

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 Season’s Greetings
from Wishing you LOVE, PEACE & HAPPINESS
Levi Lumber that the true meaning of Christmas brings
LOGGING
EXCAVATING
From our family to yours,
BUILDING SUPPLIES
Merry Christmas and blessings
for the New Year
FIREWOOD
TREE SERVICE

(315) 357-5911
Inlet, NY 13360

Buyers of standing timber and hardwood logs

Office: 607-637-5253 • BassLumber@Hancock.net
59 Sawmill Road, Fishs Eddy, NY 13774

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 Forest Industry Associates
NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSOCIATION FOREST RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 303 Appalachian Region
AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION Washington, DC 20006 2129 Electric Road, SW, Suite 205
1101 K St, NW, Suite 700 (202) 296-3937 Roanoke, VA 24018
Washington, DC 20005 Fax: 202-296-0562 (540) 989-4171
(202) 463-2700 Contact: Claire Gedde, Dir. of Operations Fax: 540-774-9415
Fax: 202-463-2785 E-mail: fra@forestresources.org www.forestresources.org
Contact: Donna Harman, President & CEO www.forestresources.org
E-mail: info@afandpa.org Geographic Area Served: USA FOREST RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
www.afandpa.org Types of Members: Industrial Foresters, Wood Northeast Region
Suppliers, Forest Landowners, Support Industries 63 Federal Street, Suite 5
AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION Portland, ME 04101
2000 M Street NW Suite 550 HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (207) 233-9910
Washington, DC 20036 One Williamsburg Pl. Suite 108 Contact: Eric Kingsley, NE Region Coordinator
Warrendale, PA 15086 E-mail: ekingsley@forestresources.org
(202) 765-3660
(412) 244-0440 www.forestresources.org
Fax: 202-827-7924
Contact: Ian Faight, COO Geographic Area Served: National (Northeast
E-mail: info@forestfoundation.org
E-mail: ian@hardwood.org Regions is New England & New York)
www.forestfoundation.org
www.hmamembers.org Types of Members: Forest Industry Supply Chain
Geographic Area Served: National
Geographic Area Served: National from woods to mill
Types of Members: Private Landowners, Types of Members: Sawmills and Concentration Monthly Forest Forum: 1st Thursday of
Educators and Foresters Yards Month,September-April Brewer, ME
Annual Meeting: March 25-27, Charleston, SC
AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL GREAT LAKES TIMBER PROFESSIONALS
42777 Trade West Drive NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION
Sterling, VA 20166 PO Box 34518 PO Box 1278, 3243 Golf Course Road,
(703) 435-2900 Memphis, TN 38184 Rhinelander, WI 54501
Fax: 703-435-2537 (901) 377-1818 (715) 304-2861
Contact: Michael Snow, Executive Director Fax: 901-382-6419 Fax: 715-304-2863
E-mail: msnow@ahec.org Contact: Lorna Christie, Executive Director E-mail: info@gltpa.org
www.americanhardwood.org E-mail: info@nhla.com www.gltpa.org
www.nhla.com Geographic Area Served: MI, WI & MN
AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL Geographic Area Served: International Types of Members: Loggers, Truckers, Sawmills,
1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 400 Types of Members: Hardwood Sawmills/ Landowners, Forestry Professionals
Washington, DC 20004 Distributors
(202) 627-6961 LAKE STATES LUMBER ASSOCIATION
www.amloggers.com NATIONAL WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION 337 Suprin Avenue
E-mail: scott.dane@amloggers.com 374 Maple Avenue E, Suite 310 Crystal Falls, MI 49920
Geographic Area Served: National Vienna, VA 22180 (920) 884-0409
Types of Members: Loggers (703) 255-2700 Fax: 906-875-3724
Contact: Keith Argow, President Emeritus Contact: Nikki Loehr, Administrative Coord.
AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL www.woodlandowners.org E-mail: lsla@lsla.com
222 Catoctin Circle SE, Suite 201 Geographic Area Served: US www.lsla.com
Leesburg, VA 20175 Types of Members: Woodland Owners, Foresters
(202) 463-2766 MIDWEST SAW FILERS EDUCATIONAL
Fax: 202-463-2791 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS ASSOCIATION
10100 Laureate Way 623 Lilac Avenue
Contact: Robert Glowinski, CEO & President
Bethesda, MD 20814 Big Rapids, MI 49307
E-mail: info@awc.org
(301) 897-8720 (231) 796-7678
www.awc.org
Fax: 301-897-3690 Fax: 231-796-4851
Geographic Area Served: National and
Contact: Matthew E. Menashes, CEO Contact: Ralph Manting, Secretary
International
E-mail: membership@safnet.org Geographic Area Served: IL, MO, OH, KY
www.safnet.org Types of Members: Saw Filers
DECORATIVE HARDWOODS ASSOCIATION Geographic Area Served: National
42777 Trade West Drive Types of Members: Foresters NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION
Sterling, VA 20166
PO Box 1346, 32 Foster Street
(703) 435-2900
Littleton, MA 01460-4346
Fax: 703-435-2537
Contact: Keith Christman, President
REGIONAL (978) 952-6856
Fax: 978-952-6356
E-mail: Kchristman@decorativehardwoods.org www.newenglandforestry.com
APPALACHIAN HARDWOOD
www.decorativehardwoods.org MANUFACTURERS, INC.
Geographic Area Served: North America PO Box 427 NEW ENGLAND KILN DRYING ASSOCIATION
Types of Members: Decorative Plywood, High Point, NC 27261 SUNY ESF Wood Products
Engineered Flooring, and Hardwood Veneer (336) 885-8315 1 Forestry Drive
Manufacturers Fax: 336-886-8865 Syracuse, NY 13210
Annual Meeting: May 14-16, 2024. Scottsdale, Contact: Tom Inman (315) 470-6832
Arizona E-mail: info@appalachianhardwood.org Fax: (315) 470-6879
www.appalachianhardwood.org Contact: William B. Smith, Executive Director
FOREST LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION Geographic Area Served: 12-state Appalachian E-mail: wbsmith@esf.edu
406 Bradley St region www.esf.edu/nekda
Carrollton, GA 30117 Types of Members: Hardwood Lumber Producers, Geographic Area Served: Northeast US and
(404) 325-2954 Distributors, and Secondary Manufacturers Eastern Canada
www.forestlandowners.com Annual Meeting: February 22-25, 2024. Hammock Types of Members: Lumber Drying Industry
Geographic Area Served: USA Beach Resort, Palm Coast, FL Manufacturing

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 FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES

NORTHEASTERN LOGGERS’ ASSOCIATION KENTUCKY MASSACHUSETTS

PO Box 69
Old Forge, NY 13420 KENTUCKY FOREST INDUSTRIES MASSACHUSETTS FOREST ALLIANCE
(315) 369-3078 ASSOCIATION 249 Lakeside Avenue
Fax: 315-369-3736 106 Progress Drive Marlborough, MA 01752-4503
Contact: Joseph Phaneuf, Executive Director Frankfort, KY 40601 (617) 455-9918
E-mail: jphaneuf@northernlogger.com
(502) 695-3979 www.massforestalliance.org
www.northernlogger.com
Fax: 502-695-8343 E-mail:cegan@massforestalliance.org
Annual Meeting: May 2, 2024. Essex Junction, VT
Contact: Bob Bauer, Executive Director Contacts: Chris Egan, Executive Director
Annual Expo: May 3-4, 2024. Essex Junction, VT
E-mail: bob@kfia.org Geographic Area Served: Massachusetts
NORTHEASTERN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS
www.kfia.org Types of Members: Loggers, Foresters, Forest
Geographic Area Served: Kentucky & Landowners
ASSOCIATION
PO Box 87A surrounding area Annual Meeting: TBD
Cumberland, ME 04021 Types of Members: Logging, Woods Industry,
(207) 829-6901 Service & Landowners
Fax: 207-829-4293 Annual Meeting: April 2-4, 2024. Embassy Suites- MICHIGAN
Contact: Jeff K Easterling, President Lexington, Kentucky
www.nelma.org MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF TIMBERMEN
Geographic Area Served: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, 7350 M-123
Upper Midwest US, Quebec CA MAINE Newberry, MI 49868
Types of Members: Sawmills, Wholesalers, (906) 293-3236
Equipment Manufacturers, Industry Suppliers, MAINE FOREST PRODUCTS COUNCIL Fax: 906-293-5444
Export Wood Packaging 535 Civic Center Drive Contact: Michelle Sears, Administrator
Annual Meeting: TBD Augusta, ME 04330 E-mail: msears@timbermen.org
(207) 622-9288 www.timbermen.org
Fax: 207-626-3002 Geographic Area Served: State of Michigan
CONNECTICUT Contact: Patrick Strauch, Executive Director Types of Members: Logger, Foresters, Sawmills,
E-mail: info@maineforest.org Manufacture, Paper
CONNECTICUT PROFESSIONAL TIMBER www.maineforest.com Mills, Truck drivers, Equipment dealers
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
PO Box 508 MAINE WOOD PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN FOREST ASSOCIATION
Oneco, CT 06373 PO Box 360 2310 Science Parkway, Suite 100
(860) 948-0432 Topsham, ME 04086 Okemos, MI 48864-2525
Contact: Brennan Sheahan, President (207) 338-2883 (517) 816-7879
E-mail: info@timproct.org Fax: 207-338-2884
www.timproct.org Contact: Georgia Peterson, Executive Dir.
www.mainewoodproducts.org E-mail: info@michiganforests.org
Geographic Area Served: Southern New England
Type of Operation: Non-profit association www.michiganforests.org
MAINE WOODLAND OWNERS Geographic Area Served: State of Michigan
representing CT, MA, RI forest products industry 8 Mulliken Court, PO Box 836
Types of Members: Loggers, Foresters, Truckers, Types of Members: Foresters, Forest Lovers,
Augusta, ME 04332-0836 Forest Landowners. “All are welcome”
Sawmills, Firewood Operations
(207) 626-0005
Contact: Tom Doak, Executive Director
E-mail: info@mainewoodlandowners.org
DELAWARE www.mainewoodlandowners.org MINNESOTA
Types of Members: Landowners, Loggers,
DELAWARE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION Foresters MINNESOTA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
PO Box 344 PO Box 6060
Bridgeville, DE 19933 PROFESSIONAL LOGGING CONTRACTORS Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Contact: Leslie Merriken, Treasurer (218) 879-5100
OF THE NORTHEAST
www.delawareforest.com Contact: David H. Roerick, President
108 Sewall Street, P.O Box 1036
Geographic Area Served: State of Delaware E-mail: Information@MinnesotaForestry.org
Augusta, ME 04332
Types of Members: Loggers, Tree Farmers, www.MinnesotaForestry.org
(207) 688-8195
Foresters
Fax: 207-620-7517
Contact: Jessica Clark, Membership Services MINNESOTA TIMBER PRODUCERS
Manager ASSOCIATION
ILLINOIS E-mail: office@plcloggers.org 324 West Superior Street, Suite 903
www.plcloggers.org Duluth, MN 55802
ILLINOIS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION (218) 722-5013
Georgraphic Area Served: Maine & Vermont
PO Box 224
Types of Members: Loggers, Forest Trucking Fax: 218-722-2065
Chatham, IL 62629
Annual Meeting: May 10, 2024. Samoset Resort, www.timberproducers.com
www.ilforestry.org Contact: Ray Higgins, Executive VP
Rockport, Maine
Geographic Area Served: Illinois Annual Expo: 2024 Northstar Expo,
September 13-14, Itasca County Fairgrounds

INDIANA MARYLAND
INDIANA HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN’S MARYLAND FORESTS ASSOCIATION MISSOURI
ASSOCIATION (IHLA) PO Box 332
12574 Promise Creek Lane, Suite 100 Linkwood, MD 21835 MISSOURI FOREST PRODUCTS
Fishers, IN 46038 (410) 463-1755 ASSOCIATION
(317) 288-0008 Contact: Contact: Beth Hill, Executive Director 505 East State Street
Fax: 317-288-0009 E-mail: info@mdforests.org Jefferson City, MO 65101
Contact: Ray Moistner, Executive Director www.mdforests.org (573) 634-3252
E-mail: info@ihla.org Geographic Area Served: Maryland Fax: 573-636-2591
www.ihla.org Types of Members: Loggers, Landowners, Contact: Brian Brookshire, Executive Director
Geographic Area Served: US & Canada Concerned Citizens, Industry Conservation Groups, www.moforest.org
Types of Members: Primary & Secondary Recreational Groups. Types of Members: Sawmills, Logging, Foresters,
Manufacturing, Suppliers, Loggers, Foresters, etc. Annual Meeting: TBD Secondary Wood Producers

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 FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW YORK LOGGER TRAINING, INC. PENNSYLVANIA SFI IMPLEMENTATION
47 VanAlstyne Drive COMMITTEE
NEW HAMPSHIRE TIMBERLAND OWNERS Rensselaer, NY 12144 211 Barrington Lane
ASSOCIATION (518) 463-1297 Bellefonte, PA 16823
54 Portsmouth Street Contact: Muriel Church, Administrator (814) 355-1010
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 E-mail: mchurch@esfpa.org Fax: 814-355-1022
(603) 224-9699 www.newyorkloggertraining.org Contact: Chuck Coup, Program Manager
Fax: 603-225-5898 Geographic Area Served: New York State www.sfiofpa.org
Contact: Jasen Stock, Executive Director Types of Members: Loggers Geographic Area Served: PA
E-mail: jstock@nhtoa.org Types of Members: Loggers, Landowners & Forest
Products Mills
Geographic Area Served: New England NEW YORK STATE TIMBER PRODUCERS
Types of Members: Landowners, Loggers, ASSOCIATION
Foresters Mills, Biomass 122A Main Street
Boonville, NY 13309 RHODE ISLAND
SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NH (315) 790-0974
FORESTS Contact: LeRoy Hollier, President RHODE ISLAND FOREST CONSERVATORS’
54 Portsmouth Street Geographic Area Served: New York State ORGANIZATION
Concord, NH 03301 Types of Members: Loggers, Foresters, Timber PO Box 53
(603) 224-9945 Producers, Business Owners N. Scituate, RI 02857-0053
Fax: 603-228-0423 (401) 568-3410
Website: www.forestsociety.org Contact: Marc Tremblay/Outreach Coordinator
Contact: Will Abbott, VP of Land Mgmt, E-mail: info@rifco.org
OHIO www.rifco.org
George F. Frame, Sr, Dir. of Forestry
Geographic Area Served: New Hampshire Geographic Area Served: Rhode Island
OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION Types of Members: Landowners, Foresters, Loggers
Types of Members: Foresters, Timberland Owners, 507 Main St., Ste 200
Public Interested in Forestry Zanesville, OH 43701
(888) 388-7337 VERMONT
Fax: 740-297-4153
NEW JERSEY Contact: Brad Perkins, Executive Director VERMONT FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION
E-mail: Brad@ohioforest.org PO Box 110
NEW JERSEY FORESTRY ASSOCIATION www.ohioforest.org Coventry, VT 05825
PO Box 367 Types of Members: Sawmills, Loggers, (802) 323-3591
Flemington, NJ 08822 Manufacturers, Suppliers, Foresters, Landowners Contact: Brandy Inkel/Admin Secretary
(908) 832-2400
E-mail: vtfpa@hotmail.com
Fax: 908-832-2400 www.vtfpa.org
Contact: Lori Jenssen, Executive Dir. Geographic Area Served: Vermont and
E-mail: info@njforestry.org
PENNSYLVANIA
surrounding areas
www.njforestry.org Types of Members: Landowners, Foresters,
ALLEGHENY HARDWOOD UTILIZATION
Geographic Area Served: New Jersey Loggers, Truckers, Sawmills, Secondary MFG,
GROUP, INC.
PO Box 133 Biomass & Firewood Processors
Kane PA 16735
NEW YORK (814) 837-8550 VERMONT WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION
E-mail: ashields@ahug.com PO Box 26
CATSKILL FOREST ASSOCIATION, INC. Rupert, VT 05768
www.ahug.com
PO Box 336, 43469 State Hwy 28 (802) 747-7900
Contact: Amy Shields, Executive Director
Arkville, NY 12406 Contact: Kate Forrer
Geographic Area Served: 14 counties in NW/
(845) 586-3054 E-mail: info@vermontwoodlands.org
NC PA
Fax: 845-586-4071 www.vermontwoodlands.org
Types of Members: Loggers, Foresters, Sawmills,
Contact: Ryan Trapani, Director of Forest Services Geographic Area Served: State of Vermont
Economic Development, Townships Types of Members: Woodland Owners, Tree
E-mail: cfa@catskillforest.org
www.catskillforest.org Farmers, Foresters, Loggers. etc.
PENNSYLVANIA FOREST PRODUCTS
Geographic Area Served: 6 Counties: Delaware,
Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan & Ulster ASSOCIATION
212 N. Third Street
Type of Members: Forest Landowners, Foresters,
Suite 203
WEST VIRGINIA
Loggers
Harrisburg, PA 17101
WEST VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
EMPIRE STATE FOREST PRODUCTS (717) 901-0420
2008 Quarrier Street
ASSOCIATION Fax: 717-901-0360 Charleston, WV 25311
47 Van Alstyne Drive E-mail: info@paforestproducts.org (681) 265-5019
Rensselaer, NY 12144 www.paforestproducts.org Contact: Eric Carlson, Executive Director
(518) 463-1297 Contact: Matt Gabler, Executive Director E-mail: wvfa@wvfa.org
Fax: (518) 426-9502 Types of Members: Sawmills, Secondary www.wvfa.org
Contact: John Bartow, Executive Director Processors, Loggers, Foresters, Industry Suppliers Geographic Area Served: West Virginia
E-mail: jbartow@esfpa.org Annual Meeting: September 11, 2024. Wyndham Types of Members: Forest owners, Loggers,
www.esfpa.org Garden State College-Boalsburg, PA Forester, Forest Product Company and Individuals
Geographic Area Served: New York State
Type of Members: Loggers, Foresters, Landowners, THE PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY
Mills and Truckers ASSOCIATION WISCONSIN
116 Pine Street
NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION 5th Floor TREES FOR TOMORROW
PO Box 541 Harrisburg, PA 17101 519 Sheridan Street East
Lima, NY 14485 (800) 835-8065 PO Box 609
(800) 836-3566 Contact: Caleb Wright, President Eagle River, WI 54521
Contact: Stacey Kazacos, President E-mail: thepfa@paforestry.org (715) 479-6456
E-mail: info@nyfoa.org www.paforestry.org Fax: 715-479-2318
www.nyfoa.org Geographic Area Served: PA www.treesfortomorrow.com
Geographic Area Served: New York State Types of Members: Loggers, Industry Geographic Area Served: Wisconsin, Illinois,
Types of Members: Primarily private forest Companies, Foresters, Landowners, General Michigan, Minnesota
landowners Public, Academia Types of Members: Corporate and General Public

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 FOREST INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES
Wishing you a safe
WISCONSIN PAPER COUNCIL
44 East Mifflin Street, Suite 404
WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS
ASSOCIATION and Happy Holiday
Madison, WI 53703 PO Box 285
(608) 467-6025 Stevens Point, WI 54481
Contact: Shawn Brantmeier, Director of Operations (715) 346-4798
E-mail: brantmeier@wipaper.org Contact: Nancy Bozek, Executive Director
www.wipaper.org E-mail: wwoa@uwsp.edu
Geographic Area Served: Wisconsin www.wisconsinwoodlands.org
Types of Members: Paper Industry and Geographic Area Served: State of Wisconsin
Supply Chain Types of Members: Private Woodland Owners
Annual Meeting: September 26-29, 2024. Hotel
Marshfield-Marshfield, WI

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2016 Barko 495B, Delimber, Swing Out Bar
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Skidder Operator Thrown from Vehicle striking his wrist on the upright portion of the cutting head.
During Rollover The impact resulted in extreme pain in his left wrist. The
A 50-year-old full-time logger (the victim) was killed when the operator immediately left the job site and sought medical
skidder he was operating rolled down a hillside. The victim had attention. A medical examination concluded that he had sprained
been a self-employed, full-time logger all of his life. He was the tendons directly below his left wrist. The doctor issued a wrist
experienced in performing his job and operating a skidder. He brace and prescribed rest for several days. The injured operator
was in generally good health. has since returned to work.
He and two other loggers were working as contracted help
at the timber harvest operation site. They leased a Timberjack Recommendations for Correction:
skidder model 450 to haul the logs. At the time of the incident, • Always identify potential risks and develop a mitigation
the victim was operating the skidder at the top of the hillside, strategy to reduce the likelihood of slips, trips, and falls.
winching a load of three logs up the hill. At the edge of the hillside, • Consider using a garden rake or similar long-handled device
the slope was approximately 27 percent and then dropped off to remove accumulated limbs or debris from equipment.
sharply to 70 percent. The skidder was braced against a tree FRA SAFETY ALERTS
about 6 inches in diameter as the logs were pulled up the hill with
a winch. Because of the weight of the skidder, the tree gave way Warming Fire Burns Logging Company Employee
and the skidder rolled downhill. The vehicle overturned 2-3 times On a winter morning in the Southeast, a logging company
before coming to rest against a group of trees approximately 200 employee was attempting to build a warming fire at the logging
feet downhill. As the vehicle overturned, the victim, who was site. The individual was 48 years old and had been working in
not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the cab and thrown the woods for over 20 years. He was a utility man on the landing,
against a tree. He was killed instantly. Coworkers summoned responsible for moving trailers, trimming loads, etc.
Emergency Medical Services, but the victim was pronounced The employee poured a mixture of diesel fuel and some
dead at the scene. gasoline onto the small fire that he had started for warming to get
it going better. (He had asked his employers for permission to start
Recommendations for Correction: a warming fire. The owners of the operation denied permission,
Heavy equipment operators should wear a seatbelt while in the but the employee went ahead and started a fire anyway.)
vehicle. By wearing a seatbelt, the operator is kept within the As he poured the fuel mixture onto the existing fire, the fire
protected zone of the cab or rollover protective structure. The kicked back and set the employee’s clothes on fire. The employee
skidder in this case was manufactured with a seatbelt, however, then started to run, which caused the fire to intensify.
it is not known for certain whether the vehicle’s seatbelt was Two other employers, both firefighters for their local fire
still intact at the time of the incident. It is likely that if the victim department, chased the employee down and put the fire out (with
had been wearing a seatbelt while operating the skidder, the the assistance of “Coldfire”). The employee was burned on over
fatal injury would have been avoided because he would have 70 percent of his body: 40 percent were third-degree burns, and
remained in the cab rather than being ejected during the rollover. 30 percent were second-degree burns. The employee was taken
NIOSH FACE to a burn center to receive extensive, ongoing, long-term medical
treatment.
Slip During Debris Removal Injures Feller
Buncher Operator Recommendations for Correction:
A feller buncher operator was conducting a first thinning operation • Warming fires should be discouraged at logging sites.
on a summer morning in the Southcentral Region. Conditions • If fires are allowed, they should be contained (i.e., in some
were wet from a rain shower earlier in the day. The operator was safe type of burn barrel).
experienced with all pieces of in-woods equipment, having over • A fire extinguisher should be readily accessible at any
30 years of logging experience. warming fire.
The operator noticed that his view was becoming obstructed • Flammable or combustible liquids – including gasoline,
by an excessive buildup of limbs and debris at the base of the chain saw fuel, or diesel fuel – should not be used to start a
cutting head. To clear the debris, the operator completely de- fire or to revive one.
energized his equipment and used the front left tire as a platform • All employees should be trained in first aid, including how to
to gain better access to the cutting head for debris removal. He treat burns until medical attention can be provided.
routinely performed this task 2-3 times per day. • Remember: “stop, drop, and roll!”
When the operator climbed atop the tire, he lost his footing • Follow equipment manufacturers’ recommendations for
and slipped as a result of the wet conditions from the morning safe operation and maintenance procedures.
rain. As he fell, he attempted to catch himself with his left arm, FRA SAFETY ALERTS