May 8, 2012
On April 26, Judge M. Casey Rodgers of the Northern District Court of Florida issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing its new H-2B Program Rule.
April 25, 2012
The past few weeks while traveling to conferences and stories, we were hearing various books being bantered about that either were or “should be” required reading for our public schools.
April 9, 2012
Exports of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a record of over two million tons in 2011, according to analysis reported in the North American Wood Fiber Review. Canada has long been the main exporter of pellets but in the second half...
April 9, 2012
Loggers are some of the most enduring, intelligent and proud people I know, and rightfully so. We are a tough breed that seems to survive, and sometimes succeed with many odds and ends of the business world against us. We expect the same enduring...
April 9, 2012
Greetings,
Social Justice, Social Equality, Sustainable Development, Comprehensive Planning, New Economy, Global Economy, Shelter for All, Centralized Control, Ecological Restoration, Connectivity, Reinvention of Government, and the newest one of...
March 26, 2012
We recently noted that the President’s budget included an item calling for the repeal of the Section 530 “safe harbor” for independent contractor status determination, and on March 1, Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) reintroduced...
March 13, 2012
With our Spring Board of Directors meeting in Washington, DC taking place toward the end of March, we thought that it would be important to keep you informed of the many issues that the American Loggers Council (ALC) would be presenting to our...
March 13, 2012
The single factor that brought so many loggers into the business for decades into the 80’s, was opportunity to make very good money, and as a contractor earn a profit commensurate with the risk involved in the business. Certainly there are...
March 7, 2012
Excerpts from the market report Wood Resource Quarterly “The Global Forest Industry in the 4Q/2011”
Global timber markets
March 5, 2012
Greetings,
The following is a quote from President Theodore Roosevelt speaking to the Society of American Foresters on March 26, 1903.
