In early July, ACL sent out its annual dues billing for 2017-2018. You should have received your dues billing by now. We know that this remains one of the most challenging economic periods in the modern history of logging, but your comparatively small investment in Associated California Loggers gives you your strongest line of defense…
UPDATE: FORM LETTER AVAILABLE ON RPF/LTO FROM ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS: Associated California Loggers has prepared a “form letter” for you to send to the California Board of Forestry to let them know of your support for the proposal detailed below. Please contact the ACL office at 916-441-7940 or ecarleson@calog.com or jpardee@calog.com to get a copy of…
The State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund (SRAFPF) offers grants for projects that remove dead and dying trees that pose a threat to public health and safety and for projects that reduce the wildfire threat to habitable structures within State Responsibility Areas (SRA). CALFIRE will be hosting 11 SRA Grant workshops statewide. These workshops are…
PLUMAS-SIERRA CHAPTER’S ANNUAL SPRING/SUMMER ROUND-UP RETURNS: FRIDAYEVENING, JUNE 2 All ACL members are invited to the RETURN of the annual “Spring/Summer Round-Up” hosted by the Plumas-Sierra Chapter of ACL. The event will take place at the scenic Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch near Quincy. There will be an outdoor BBQ dinner, preceded by a…
As you know, a number of workers in California’s logging industry are Spanish-speaking. ACL Vice President Mike Albrecht and his wife Vicki, from the El Dorado-Mother Lode Chapter of ACL, wanted to alert you to a special First Aid/CPR class to be held in their area (Sonora) on Saturday June 3. The class will be…
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A SPECIAL ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS CLASS ON SATURDAY MAY 13 ? SUBJECT: “HOW TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD OF US FOREST SERVICE CONTRACTING — “PURCHASING, STEWARDSHIP, IDIQ AND MORE” When Associated California Loggers sent its delegation to Washington DC several weeks ago, we took a meeting with members of a …
Spring is here, Summer’s coming and the Redding Chapter of Associated California Loggers intends to greet them with the Nineteenth Annual Log-a-Load-for-Kids Trapshoot. Members of ACL from all regions are welcome to attend, and you can bring your friends. The event will take place on Sunday April 30 at 10:00 a.m., rain or shine, at the Seven Lakes Gun…
FRIDAY, APRIL 21 IS THE DEADLINE TO GET ON THE 2017 PRO-LOGGER LIST! The deadline for getting your units to Associated California Loggers to be placed on the 2017 ProLogger List is Close of Business, April 21 (We are moving the deadline back from that of previous years, to avoid conflict with April 15, “tax day.”) At least…
What your employees need to know, wear, and do Logging operations are inherently dangerous. According to OSHA, “logging is the most dangerous occupation in the United States.” OHSA notes that: as loggers use their tools and equipment, they deal with massive weights and irresistible momentum of falling, rolling, and sliding trees and logs. The hazards…
This video from Sierra Pacific Industries helps you get up to speed on new “scientific education” requirement of the Sustainable Forestry Initiate (SFI) certification program, which Associated California Loggers incorporates into its ProLogger continuing education and logger certification program.