The Northern Logger

Staying Safe in the Woods with Safety Coordinator Donald Burr

Winter is here, and with the cold, snow, and ice forming across the northern US, there is no better time to be reminded of the dangers of working in the woods and what to do to avoid accidents and injuries....

Voices of the Lake States

Earlier in September, The Northern Logger attended the Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo in Escanaba, Michigan. The show is organized by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLPTA) and alternates between Escanaba and Green Bay, Wisconsin every year....

Vertical Integration Part 2: Pleasant River Lumber and A&A Brochu Logging

In this episode, Part 2 of our series on vertical integration, we interview Jason Brochu, who along with his brother and co-president Chris Brochu, have revived their family’s logging business after a 20-year hiatus under the umbrella of Pleasant River...

Vertical Integration Part 1: Interview with LAFCO's Eric Ross

In recent years, in large part due to a lack of logging capacity and also other regional factors including available wood and changing weather patterns, the forest products industry has seen some mills and large forestland management companies bring logging...

The annual Loggers’ Expo returns to Bangor, Maine

From May 19-20, The Northeastern Loggers’ Association hosted the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, also known as the Loggers’ Expo, in Bangor, Maine. We had amazing weather and attendance of over 5,000 people. Around 180 exhibitors promoted their products and...

George Bellerose Discusses His New Book — Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine

On this episode of the Northern Logger Podcast, I speak with photojournalist George Bellerose, from Weybridge Vermont, about his new book Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine. Bellerose has spent 50 years as a writer, journalist, and photographer, and...

Industry Leaders Weigh in on How Businesses Can Attract and Retain Top Talent

One of the biggest challenges for forest products businesses is finding good workers and retaining them. The labor shortages across many industries in the US these last few years have made it even harder to attract and retain exceptional employees...

A Look at Baillie's Boonville Sawmill Operation with Paul Snider

Procurement forester Paul Snider talks to The Northern Logger about Baillie Lumber, a major hardwood lumber producer in the northeastern US. Paul speaks about Baillie’s Boonville operation, his experiences as a procurement forester, how the industry has changed in recent...

The Vermont Forest Business School Recruits “Crooked Trees”

Do you ever feel like a crooked tree? You’re not alone. In this episode, Steven Bick introduces his Vermont Forest Business School (FBS) program by sharing a recording of an alumni session from earlier this year. During the workshop, participants...

Thompson Native Lumber: Milling in an Ever-changing Landscape

Learn how Thompson Native Lumber, a mid-sized mill in Hopkinton, RI, has thrived for over six decades. The mill has maintained a healthy balance sheet through diversification and finding niche markets amid the ever-changing forest products industry landscape. You'll hear...

Travel Diaries from Sweden

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Ed Berry, Maine Logger and Safety Innovator

Ed Berry is a Maine Logger who has worked the Kennebec River Land Base for over 60 years. This month, we heard his story.

Checking in with the Levis

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Checking in With the Levis

Hearing back on 2021: Jim Reynolds on Trucking in the Adirondacks

On a Western Fire Line

Walking is Better Than Zooming!

Mike Thurlow Shares Lessons from a Logging Career

Mike shares his path into a career of running a one-person logging operation, his choice to stay non-mechanized and how Game of Logging revolutionized his safety practices.

Mike Monte, Logging Journalist

Let's Talk About Health and Safety

Erika Scott and Liane Hirabayashi from the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety discuss their takeaways from logger health screenings and research. Hear about their Maine Logger Health Study and learn about how you can be healthier working in...

The Faces of The Industry

This month, we interview Chris Crowe of Timberwolf Logging, 2020’s NELA Award Winner for “Outstanding Use of Wood” and P&R; Lumber, winner for “Outstanding Sawmill Operator”!

Jay O'Hern On The History of Adirondack Logging

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Forest Regeneration and Deer Management

We speak with Peter Smallidge, NYS Extension Forester, about a new idea in forest management: slash walls for managing the deer population.

Lake Ontario Logging: Johnson Forest Management

Log Trucking in the Adirondacks for Half a Century

We spoke with longtime log trucker Jim Reynolds of Thurman, NY about the ins and outs of log trucking in the Adirondacks. Thanks to our generous sponsor, John Deere!

An Update on Global Hardwood Trade

While the American hardwood sector has managed to hold its own over the past year of global trade, no one predicted the changes that 2020 would bring to the forest products economy. To catch up on the state of international...

Kevin Braman: A Vermont Logger

On this month’s Northern Logger podcast, we interviewed Kevin Braman, a logger in Central Vermont who works by himself and uses a chainsaw and skidder to get the job done. We spoke with Braman about his 35 years in the...

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in North American Sawmills

Meet Our 2019 NELA Award Winners

Rick Hearne on Starting One of the Largest Specialty Lumberyards in the World

https://www.hearnehardwoods.com for speciality lumberThank you to our generous sponsor, John Deere!

Can Assisted Migration Help Working Forests Adjust to Climate Change?

So, How Is the Industry Faring?

It has been a rocky year for log and lumber markets, to say the least. In this month’s podcast, we give an update on the state of the industry in the northeast and talk to friends of the podcast, procurement...

Candra Burns on Communication and Women Leadership in the Wood Products Industry

Candra Burns on Communication and Women Leadership in the Wood Products Industry

The Covid-19 Crisis and the Forest Industry

The Loggers Protecting New York's Watershed

How Workers Comp is Changing for Vermont Loggers

Game of Logging Goes Pacific!

Industry Trends for 2020 with Eric Kingsley

Run, Loggers, Run!

Guest Podcast: Learning from Eastern Old Growth Forests

How the Trade War is Affecting Hardwood Markets

This month we spoke to Tom Eichler, who works in Sales for mills here in New York. It’s no secret that the US hardwood market is heavily reliant on China’s imports. Eichler talks about the impact the trade war has...

Radio Diaries from the Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo 2019

In this episode, Northern Logger Editor Eileen Townsend takes a recorder around the annual Great Lake Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo in Escanaba, MI. She catches up with our northern correspondent Mike Monte, chats with a logging father and his...

The Only Logger in the Woods: Logging Stories from New Jersey and Rhode Island

We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the historic site for forest research. We...

Top 10 Tips for Logging Business Management with Sam Lincoln

We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the historic site for forest research. We...

A Day at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the historic site for forest research. We...

Spruce Budworm Returns

The last big budworm outbreak took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those who worked in the forest industry in Maine during that period are no stranger to the words “spruce budworm.” Learn what different states and Canada...

The Quiet Art of Horse Logging

Subscribe to the corresponding print story on this rare and profitable logging technique at: https://northernlogger.com/shop/magazine-subscriptions/magazine-subscription/ Also, thank you to our sponsor John Deere for making this show possible. Check out their fine products for all situations. Production by Emily Townsend

Trucking with Tina

In this episode, our March cover girl, Tina Dyment tells all from breaking into a man's industry to advice for new truckers. Production by Emily Townsend Music by Ben Sound

News of the Week from The Northern Logger 3/6/19

Our weekly digest of hand-picked industry news, read for you by Northern Logger Editor Eileen Townsend. Subscribe to our newsletter by emailing [email protected] with the subject “Sign Me Up!”

12 The Global Trade War

The Northern Logger investigates the wood products industry's relations with China, Canada and smaller markets.