Maine Logger Education Alliance

FRA’s Maine Forestry Forums

The FRA Forestry Forums are evening dinner meetings, held in Bangor, offering speakers of interest to the logging and forestry community.  The Forums are an important opportunity to network and bring value back to your business.  The final programs in this year’s Forestry Forum series will be:

• Thursday, April 5, 2012 - Global Wood Flow Update – A Crystal Ball for Maine and the Northeast:  A representative from RISI (Resource Information Systems Inc.)  will deliver a very informative presentation on what opportunities lie ahead for the forestry community in Maine and the Northeast.

• Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Results of the Wood Supply Research Institute’s Supplier/Consumer Relationship Study: Don Taylor, Sustainable Resource Systems, will summarize the findings of the study that many in the Region contributed to in late 2011.

The FRA Forestry Forum is open to everyone and FRA membership is encouraged but not required.  Pre-registration is required to assure an accurate head count for meals! Meals can be purchased at the door with check, cash or credit card.  FRA Members - $25 / Non-members - $35 / Students - $15 with valid ID

For more information, please contact Joel Swanton at (207)-745-2435 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Save the Date - 2012 CLP Banquet

Plan to attend the 22nd Annual Certified Logger Professional (CLP) Banquet in Brewer at Jeff's Catering on December 7, 2012. 
Logger of the Year awards will again be made in each of three categories; Conventional, Mechanical, and Contractor/Supervisor and loggers who have completed training this year receive certificates.

CLICK HERE See the Certified Logging Professional Loggers of the Year for 2011.

2011 Loggers of the Year Award Winners with (l. to r.) 
Mike St. Peter, CLP Director, Justin Merrill, CLP Board Chair,
Milton Baston, Andy Ward, Raynold Blair and
Kenny Fergusson, Huber Resources, Award Sponsor. 
Photo Credit:  Valerie Tucker

Biomass seems to have stumbled yet again? Is there truly a future for the renewable resource? CLICK HERE to read a great article from Renewable Energy World. com.

Bacteria like these could fuel your logging equipment?

A company in Cambridge, MA has applied for a patent on for a genetically engineered bacteria it produced that makes hydrocarbons (aka petroleum products) from carbon dioxide in the air and sunlight!?!? Please CLICK HERE to read more.