CAL FIRE AWARDS $5 MILLION IN GRANTS – — TO EXPAND BIOMASS UTILIZATION AND BUILD FORESTRY WORKFORCE — SOME TO ACL MEMBERS AND ALLIES (DETAILS WITHIN)

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AUGUST 22, 2025 FROM AN AUGUST 19 CAL FIRE PRESS RELEASE: $5 MILLION AWARDED TO EXPAND BIOMASS UTILIZATION AND BUILD FORESTRY WORKFORCE “CAL FIRE AWARDS GRANTS TO TRAIN FUTURE FORESTRY WORKERS AND HELP SMALL BUSINESSES EXPAND THEIR ROLE IN PROTECTING COMMUNTIES FROM WILDFIRE” The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has awarded…

US FOREST SERVICE REGION 5 ANNOUNCES PROJECT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY (“PACE AND SCALE” AND STEWARDSHIP COMPONENTS) — LINK TO LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS FOR 2025 TO DATE

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Forest Service News Release Media Contact: Region 5 Media Desk SM.FS.MediaDeskR5@usda.gov USDA Forest Service invests in projects to restore state and private forests across Pacific Southwest Region VALLEJO, Calif., Aug. 20, 2025 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it is investing nearly $500,000 in two projects across the Pacific Southwest Region…

LOUISIANA, SEPTEMBER 17-19 2025: AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL PRESIDENT MIKE ALBRECHT OF CALIFORNIA WILL “PASS THE GAVEL” TO DAVID CUPP OF LOUISIANA

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EDITOR’;S NOTE: AT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL, TO BE HELD IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN LOGGERS COUNCIL — MIKE ALBRECHT OF CALIFORNIA, COMPLETING AN “ALMOST UNPRDECENTED” 2-YEAR TERM, WILL “PASS THE GAVEL” TO DAVID CUPP OF LOUISIANA AS THE NEW 2025-2026 PRESIDENT. ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF…

DEADLINE FOR BIDS EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025 –GRIZZLY FLAT CULL DECK REMOVAL PROJECT

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Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) has released Addendum #2 along with an amended RFB for the Grizzly Flat Cull Deck Removal Project now available on the GSNR website at: https://goldenstatenaturalresources.com/pilot-biomass-transport-project/ As part of this update, the bid due date is extended to Friday, August 29, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and the project timeline has been updated (See Addendum 2 and the Amended…

COUNTY OF AMADOR, INVITATION TO BID 25-21 — TREE MORTALITY MITIGATION PROJECT #25 ; MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING 9:00 AM ON THURSDAY AUGUST 21 AT 9:00 AM; DEADLINE OF THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4 FOR BIDS

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COUNTY OF AMADOR INVITATION TO BID 25-21 TREE MORTALITY MITIGATION PROJECT #25                                                                                                                          The County of Amador is seeking sealed bids for the furnishing of all labor, tax, bonds, insurance, permits, premiums, shipping, transportation, services, disposal, equipment, materials, and appurtenant facilities for qualified contractors to provide Tree Mitigation services in the project area delineated in ITB 25-21. The…

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR “CALSTART” PROGRAM ANNOUNCE APPLICATIONS FOR VOUCHERS (“CORE PROGRAM”) TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC OFF-ROAD EQUIPMENT –VOLUNTARILY

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Editor’s Note: Federal action has stopped the “Electric Vehicle Mandate” in California for at least several years, but VOLUNTARY purchase of electric off-road equipment remains supported by the California Air Resources Board. From a recent announcement: “What is CORE? The California Air Resources Board (CARB), in partnership with CALSTART, launched the Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) in 2020. Designed…

WORK AVAILABLE FOR BID IN SAN MATEO COUNTY — MECHANICAL MASTICATION: FOREST HEALTH AND FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT AT PESCADERO CREEK COUNTY PARK — MANDATORY PRE-BID TOUR JULY 9; RSVP DEADLINE JULY 3; BIDS DUE ON JULY 23. 2025 (DETAILS WITHIN

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Request for Bids: Pescadero Creek County Park Forest Health Project The San Mateo Resource Conservation District (RCD), in partnership with the San Mateo County Parks, is seeking an experienced contractor to implement a 541-acre forest health and fuel reduction project at Pescadero Creek County Park, Pescadero, CA.  This project consists primarily of mechanical mastication to…

ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS MOURNS THE PASSING OF BOARD MEMBER AND CHAPTER CHAIR GARY GLADEN OF PIONEER, AMADOR COUNTY; FAMILY ANNOUNCES CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR SATURDAY JULY 19 IN PINE GROVE, CA

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 It is with a sad heart that Associated California Loggers President Jeff Holland, the ACL Board of Directors, and the entire ACL team must let you know that last week, on July 1, 2025, ACL Board Member Gary Gladen passed away under sudden and unexpected circumstances. Gary Gladen served for many years on the ACL…

JUNE 23, 2025 (THIS WEEK): SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BROOKE ROLLINS RESCINDS THE 2001 “ROADLESS RULE” — FREEING UP FEDERAL LANDS FOR FOREST HEALTH, FIRE PREVENTION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT

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Please click on this link for the official press release from Brooke Rollins, United States Secretary of Agriculture: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/06/23/secretary-rollins-rescinds-roadless-rule-eliminating-impediment-responsible-forest-management SELECTED QUOTES FROM THE OFFICIAL JUNE 23 PRESS RELEASE : “Today, US. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced during a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association in New Mexico, that the USDA is rescinding the…