Louis Godon and his wife Amanda run Volcano Creek Logging, in Foresthill, CA…in Placer County, in the Sierra Region near Auburn. Amanda Godon is the Chair of the Gold Country Chapter of ACL, which splits jurisdiction between Nevada County and Placer County. Amanda is on the Board of Directors of Associated California Loggers. Please follow this…
DetailsGold Country Chapter Chair Amanda Godon invites all members of the Gold Country Chapter – and ALL ACL members, guests and friends…to the next meeting of the Gold Country Chapter. This meeting will be on Wednesday June 14 at a new location from previous months. The chapter returns to Nevada City but at a different…
Details(Our ACL Resource Availability Fund Consultants, Mark Bosetti and John Quidachay, have been reviewing the G-Z IRSC Pre-solicitation Documents. We offer this “joint recommendation” to you from our two consultant): From John Quidachay: . I am reviewing the pre-solicitation documents.They are comprehensive and detailed in a manner that can potentially scare interested bidders. I am…
DetailsHere is a link: BTB-58-APR23.pdf (tigercat.com) The link goes to: “Between the Branches,” a Tigercat publication offering a tour of logging stories and logging companies in both the United States and Canada (home of Tigercat.) This is the April 2023 issue. All the articles are interesting but two in particular for ACL: PAGE 18: “Wildfire Salvage Logging” about DL…
DetailsTHE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CAME IN TO THE ACL OFFICE FROM TOM TROXEL, WHO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW FROM HIS CAREERS WITH VARIOUS TIMBER INDUSTRY GROUPS. TOM IS PASSING ON TO ACL AN OPPORTUNITY IN UTAH FOR A CALIFORNIA COMPANY TO TAKE ON A UTAH JOB: BEGIN: Tom Troxel here. I’ve been retired from Intermountain Forest…
DetailsSNC Accepting Wildfire Recovery and Forest Resilience Concept Proposals View program information The Sierra Nevada Conservancy is pleased to announce that it is accepting concept proposals to its Wildfire Recovery and Forest Resilience Directed Grant Program. Awards will be made to support the planning and implementation of forest health projects that promote wildfire recovery and…
DetailsFor more information, please click on the link below: Central Valley Forestry Corps Graduation ABOVE: PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK TO READ THE ENTIRETY OF REMARKS ON THE LOGGING SECTOR AND THE TIMBER INDUSTRY DELIVERED BY MIKE ALBRECHT. ACL PAST PRESIDENT MIKE ALBRECHT SPEAKS AT THE FEBRUARY 2023 GRADUATION CEREMONY OF “CENTRAL VALLEY FORESTRY CORPS” TRAINEES…
DetailsAssociated California Loggers is sponsoring a NEW First Aid/CPR Class. The location will be in Soulsbyville, in Tuolumne County. The teacher will be Ryan Armstrong of Capital City CPR. When: Friday April 21st from 8:00 am-12:00 am. Where: Calvary Chapel Church Fellowship Hall-19889 Soulsbyville, Ca. By: Capital City CPR (Ryan Armstrong) RSVP required. Contact Ryan Armstrong at (831)-521-7546 or…
DetailsOn Wednesday, March 29, 2023, ACL President Russ Hawkins “appeared” on a podcast based out of Minnesota. The podcast originally aired as a radio broadcast on 710 am, WDSM, from the Duluth-Superior area of northeastern Minnesota. The podcast can now be accessed as part of the show “Let the Sawdust Fly” at the link below: https://omny.fm/shows/let-the-sawdust-fly/wednesday-3-29-23 You…
DetailsAssociated California Loggers mourns the passing of Carolyn Sanders, the wife of Dee Sanders, longtime General Manager of Trinity River Lumber Company, has passed away. We don’t have full information at this time, but we have learned of the day, date and location of the services for Carolyn, which are scheduled as follows: Sunday, March…
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