The United States Bureau of Land Management(“BLM”) has issued two national press releases with regard to two proposed policy changes which, if enacted, will be of benefit to Associated California Loggers members and others in the California timber industry. The two policy proposals are: ONE: Timber Salvage Reform. “A proposal to establish a new Categorical…
A MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL, COMPOSED OF 34 LOGGING STATE ASSOCIATIONS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS: “As more financial impacts are being felt around the country as both a direct and indirect result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of the American Loggers Council have coalesced around a proposal to members of Congress that…
A message from “CAL RECYCLE” “Tree Removal for the Camp Fire (DRR19067) IFB Available” “Interested Parties: If you are interested in participating in the tree removal services contract, please visit CalRecycle Contracts at: https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Contracts/Advertisement/1803 …to review the IFB (“Information for Bid”) requirements. In order to receive future information related to this IFB, please complete the…
ACL’S 2020 PROLOGGER LIST IS PUBLISHED AND MAILED; ALSO ON ACL WEBSITE It is with great pride that Associated California Loggers announces the ProLogger List for 2020. The annual list reflects eligible loggers who have either become ProLoggers for the first time or who renewed their eligibility for the list by taking eight units of…
SECOND ROUND APPLICATION PERIOD FOR CARB “FARMER PROGRAM” TO HELP PURCHASE LOGGING EQUIPMENT: MAY 1, 2020 THROUGH JULY 1, 2020 Subject: Re: Farmer Program, 2nd round of applications FARMER Program 2nd round application period will be open from May 1 – July 1. (This means there weren’t enough applications in the Feb. 1 –…
PART TWO: A NATIONAL FORESTRY ORGANIZATION ASKS FOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING– “HOW IS THIS PROGRAM WORKING FOR LOGGING COMPANIES?” Associated California Loggers has alerted its members to “SOPI” extensions being offered by the US Forest Service on certain contracts in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Some of you may have already heard of these…
PART ONE The US Forest Service has announced that timber sales contracts and certain Stewardship Contracts are eligible for up to 2 years of extension, using the Significant Overriding Public Interest (SOPI) provisions of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA.) Guidance letters and additional background information on these extensions are found in the four links…
Starting April 28, 2020, independent contractors are able to file for unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. https://www.labor.ca.gov/pandemic-unemployment-assistance-pua-program/ The link above will take you to a “Frequently Asked Questions” page for information about the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program — “PUA.” The “PUA” program is part of the “CARES Act” passed…
Associated California Loggers has been receiving and “collecting” various letters and memos created by federal, California state, and local agencies, detailing how government offices and their staffs will be working during the COVID-19 crisis. Some of these documents are about “government telling government what to do,” and some of these documents are about “government telling…
A message from Redding Chapter Trapshoot Co-Chairs Jaime and Jamie Wagenfuhr, and Stan and Bunky Leach: “The 2020 Redding Chapter Trapshoot had been scheduled for this Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 10:00 am at the Seven Lakes Gun Club, east of Redding. As always, proceeds from this event were to go to ACL’s charity, “Log-a-Load…