Promoting the Wise Stewardship of Our Forest Resources

NELA is a regional trade group representing members of the Northeast and Lake States’ logging, sawmilling, and forest products community.

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About Us

For over sixty years the Northeastern Loggers Association has published a highly respected monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on our region – The Northern Logger and Timber Processor. NELA also produces training programs, pamphlets and books, and the region’s largest exposition of forest products and tree care equipment. If you are interested in becoming a member, please click the link below.

Features

Selected articles from The Northern Logger & Timber Processor magazine.

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Veterans in the Woods

For a young person finding their way in the world, joining a branch of the US military has often been a path to gaining valuable life skills, on-the-job training, and a multitude of career opportunities. Two loggers, now in their 30s and early 40s, both from rural Vermont, have traveled around the world serving and fighting for America and have found themselves back in the woods. Here, they share their stories and the valuable lessons they’ve learned.

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Robinson Lumber Company Expands Indiana Facility

Robinson Lumber Company, which recently celebrated its 130-year anniversary in 2023, has been in the Robinson family for five generations. Each generation has added something: the first, alongside founding the company, began exporting high-quality long leaf pine around the world; the second imported the first sawn mahogany lumber from Mexico; the third imported the first Jatoba lumber into the United States; and the fourth established a foothold in domestic hardwood with the building of its New Albany, Indiana, facility.

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NYC Watershed Agricultural Council Increases BMP Payouts

Loggers operating within the New York City watershed are eligible for financial and technical support for implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs). This year, the NYC Watershed Council (WAC) made significant increases in cost-sharing payouts after re-evaluating actual out-of-pocket costs for loggers. The rate increases were based on RSMeans Data, a cost-estimating tool used in construction.

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