Jul 11, 2014 | News, News/PR
It’s no secret that logging crews are aging, and that experienced loggers are struggling to attract young people to the profession. Even NPR has picked up the story, reporting on June 16th about the looming shortage of loggers in the American workforce. But not all...
May 19, 2014 | News, News/PR
One of the best-known names in tree-growing and forest stewardship is the first forest products company in America to participate in a new program that will boost the economic vitality and sustainability of the nation’s 10,000 independent timber harvesters and...
Mar 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
The most under-appreciated and yet critically important link in the forest products industry value chain – from tree grower to end consumer — is comprised of nearly 10,000 small, independent business contractors – America’s timber harvesters and haulers. The...
Jul 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
America’s forest landowners and forest products industries rely heavily on a cadre of small businesses for the harvesting and transporting of trees. If those small businesses don’t thrive, forest landowners and converting mills suffer. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry...
Jul 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
Through what it calls The Sustainable Logging Initiative, the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) is making loans to qualified loggers who operate in the organization’s core lending area of the Virginias, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. NCIF...