POSITION AVAILABLE: INSTRUCTOR AT THE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY ; INCLUDES WORK WITH THE FORESTRY STUDENT LOGGING TRAINING PROGRAM

Message from Oregon State University:The Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management is pleased to announce a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term Instructor position in the College of Forestry. The primary responsibility of this position is to manage the Forestry Student Logging Training Program (FSLTP). This position is responsible for reviewing and scheduling the logging…

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CAL FIRE DIRECTOR (CHIEF) THOM PORTER RESIGNS; EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 10, 2021; ACL AWAITS NEWS OF REPLACEMENT

Cal Fire chief retiring after two bad CA wildfire seasons | The Sacramento Bee (sacbee.com)(Link to article above.) CAL FIRE Chief Thom Porter has announced his resignation, effective December 10, 2021. Excerpts from the Sacramento Bee article linked above:“…(I)n an e-mail to employees, Porter said he will leave the agency on December 10, almost three…

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TIME TO BOOK HOTEL ROOMS AND REGISTER! : 2022 ANNUAL MEETING RETURNS TO THE ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA, RENO — JANUARY 11-13, 2022

Associated California Loggers will return to the Reno area for the 2022 Annual Meeting.  And we are also returning to the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. We are looking forward to returning to this popular venue.  The dates of the Annual Meeting are Tuesday January 11 through Thursday, January 13, 2022. The Atlantis is offering our attendees four…

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BIDEN COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE: SOME FLEXIBILITY SUGGESTED ON US FOREST SERVICE FEDERAL CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS — BUT OTHER CONTRACTS NEED TO BE COVERED AS WELL; NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE

In light of the White House extension on its “COVID 19 vaccine mandate” to January 4, 2022, ACL would like to share information we have received from the DC-based Federal Forest Resource Coalition(FFRC) about the Vaccine mandate as it relates to federal timber contractors: Key passage in FFRC message below: BEGIN: At the recent Federal…

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BREAKING NEWS: BUSINESSES(INCLUDING FEDERAL CONTRACTORS) HAVE UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS (JANUARY 4, 2022) TO IMPLEMENT BIDEN COVID VACCINE MANDATE; NEGOTIATIONS ON FLEXIBILITY CONTINUE

Businesses have until after the holidays(January 4, 2022) to implement Biden Covid vaccine mandate ; negotiations on flexibility continue The Biden administration ordered U.S. companies Thursday to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4— giving them a reprieve over the holidays before the long-awaited and hotly contested mandate…

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PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPOSES NEW COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS ON FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

On September 9, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, which directs executive departments and agencies to “ensure that parties who contract with the Federal government provide safeguards in workplaces with individuals working on or in connection with a Federal Government contract or contract-like instrument.”  On September 24, the Safer Workforce Task…

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GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNS 24 BILLS WITH $15 BILLION IN FUNDING “TO TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES” — MONEY FOR LOGGERS, ROAD BUILDERS AND LOG TRUCKERS IS INCLUDED

Governor Newsom has signed a $15 billion package of bills “to tackle the Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities.”Governor Newsom signed 24 bills in all, including Senate Bill 170, which was the main natural resources budget trailer bill, which contains funding for CAL FIRE and other forestry-related entities. When you “get down into the weeds,”…

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DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 15, 2021 — “PATHH” GRANTS FOR UP TO $125,000 TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC LOSS TO LOGGERS AND LOG TRUCKERS FROM COVID-19 IN 2020

OCTOBER 15, 2021 IS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO OBTAIN GRANTS OF UP TO $125,000 TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC LOSS TO LOGGERS AND LOG TRUCKERS IN 2020.The application is short, the process is fairly simple (via federal FSA offices ) — and a lot of money is still available.Here is some new information:MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN…

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