“It is with a heavy heart but in celebration of his life that Associated California Loggers informs you of the recent passing of Past President Robert “Bob” MacMullin. Bob passed away last week on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer. His family was with Bob when he…
DetailsAB 2257 of 2020 BECOMES LAW – “AB 5 FIX” BILL IMPROVES “BUSINESS TO BUSINESS EXEMPTION” FOR LTOS AND LOG TRUCKERS – AND FULLY EXEMPTS RPFS FROM DYNAMEX ABC TEST FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS The two-year 2019-2020 Legislative Session ended on August 31. One bill that made it to Governor’s desk was Assembly Bill 2257…
DetailsA MESSAGE FROM STEVE BRINK OF THE CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION: BEGIN: A new press release (see link below) is out from US Forest Service Regional Forester Randy Moore regarding “expanding the September 7 closures [on the National Forests] and outlines that we are closing all national forests in California due to current and predicted fire…
DetailsA MESSAGE FROM DIANE DEALEY NEILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA FORESTRY CHALLENGE: BEGIN: Hello Friends of the Forestry Challenge, A lot of things have changed this year! Even though we won’t be able to conduct in-person events this fall, we have decided to conduct one statewide virtual Forestry Challenge event for the fall of…
DetailsLast week, with limited information and on short notice, Associated California Loggers put out information on the passing of Susan Emmerson and memorial services scheduled for the next day. We noted “we will have more information for you in the next week about Susan Emmerson and her life.” A week has passed and we wanted…
DetailsASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS INTRODUCES NEW “ACL TWITTER ACCOUNT”: Associated California Loggers has decided to launch a Twitter account. You can access the ACL Twitter page with this link.. https://twitter.com/CaLoggers Here you will be able to view tweets made by ACL, Retweets of other tweets that ACL was either tagged in OR useful information within the tweet…
DetailsA MESSAGE FROM CAL FIRE: New Look for CalTREES System Portal The CalTREES System portal (https://caltreesplans.resources.ca.gov/caltrees) will have a new look August 28, 2020. The purpose of this update is to make the site easier to navigate and help you to get to information quickly. The new interface has a new ‘Reports’ page that is…
DetailsA MESSAGE FROM ALLISON MELOTT, WITH VICTOR INSURANCE SERVICES — ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS CONTRACT BROKER, REGARDING STATE FUND “COVID-19 GRANTS”: All State Fund policyholders recently received information from State Fund about grants that are available to help defray cost of safety measures for COVID19. I learned today that at least two of our clients received…
DetailsHere is a link to the new actual CAL FIRE “schedule of classes,” with more detailed information(particularly about COVID-19 “protocols.”) about classes to be held in AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, and OCTOBER 2020 (including classes in Redding and in Roseville.) This information will be on the official CAL FIRE website soon, but Associated California Loggers is able…
DetailsBREAKING NEWS: After having to cancel LTO classes in 2020 starting in March, due to COVID-19 concerns, CAL FIRE has made an arrangement with Shasta College to put on 3 such classes in August. Registration is now open. Here are messages from two sources to help get students for these classes registered: FROM BECKY ROE,…
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