Market Related Contract Term Addition (MRCTA) has triggered for timber sales and IRTC’s with Softwood Lumber Index 0811 for the second consecutive qualifying quarter. This is a standard C-clause for most all Forest Service timber sale and Integrated Resource Timber contracts—C8.212. The 2nd and 3rd Quarters of 2022 were qualifying quarters for Softwood Lumber. Qualifying sales will be…
A message from the US Forest Service (link to document, includes projects in Region 5 and other US Forest Service Regions): BEGIN: We have several 4th Quarter solicitations and anticipated awards to be made. Wanted to provide you all with our extensive list for your knowledge. Also a request that you please share with your lists…
HELP WANTED: ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS IS HIRING A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Associated California Loggers is the trade association representing loggers, log truckers, and log road builders in California. We are looking to hire an Administrative Assistant for the Association. This person will report to the Executive Director of the Association and interact with the Board of Directors. The…
The Sierra Nevada Task Force invites you to participate in a survey to understand stakeholder perspectives on improving forest health and community resilience to wildfire in the Sierra-Cascade-Inyo region. This is open to “managers, property owners, and/or anyone who work in the Sierra Nevada . (Including loggers — Editor.) . • Participation in this survey…
The Associated California Loggers office has received this “advertising” from “Academy Trained.” “Academy Trained” Says This About its Training Operations: BEGIN: “The most immersive tree industry training in the world.” “At Academy Trained, our mission is to educate the industry to build a safer today. We are dedicated to changing the industry through safety, training,…
TIME TO RENEW MEMBERSHIP! In early July, ACL sent out its annual dues billing for 2022-2023. You should be receiving your dues billing materials by mail very soon, or have received them already. Your membership renewal will last for the entire fiscal year 2022-2023, from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. We know that…
“SETBACK” : Here is a short press release from the California Trucking Association (CTA) on the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court to “deny cert”(refuse to hear) an appeal to a lower court decision that will dissolve an injunction that has kept truckers exempt from AB 5 for almost two years: California Trucking…
Virtual One-Stop Truck Event Free, informational event for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle owners and operators en Español One-Stop Informational Event – August 3, 2022 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to a virtual One-Stop Truck event. Attendees can access presentations on regulatory compliance, financial assistance, and new technology options. The online event will…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=swmwYb-4ogk Link ABOVE to five minute Youtube video from the American Loggers Council: “Canary in the Coal Mine”: (“A Day Late and a Dollar Short.”) Link BELOW to article: “Skyrocketing Diesel Prices Are Beginning to Shut Down Logging and Trucking Operations, and Threatens the Entire Timber Supply Chain,Warns the American Loggers Council” https://www.prweb.com/releases/skyrocketing_diesel_prices_are_beginning_to_shutdown_logging_and_trucking_operations_and_threatens_the_entire_timber_supply_chain_warns_the_american_loggers_council/prweb18734395.htm
Plumas-Sierra Chapter Chair Doug Stoy, of the DL Stoy Logging Company in Quincy, invites chapter members –and all ACL members and guests — to the return of the “ACL Plumas-Sierra Chapter Spring Round-Up.” This will be the first chapter event since 2019. COVID-19 concerns and the impacts of last summer’s fires forced cancellation of events…