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ACL - Associated California Loggers Forestry

California Forestry Legislation Update

May 2013, Contributed by Paul Violett, Vice President, Plumas-Sierra ACL Co-Chair -   AB350 fails, two other bills pass assembly natural resources committee; negotiations begin. Action was taken on three forestry bills in committee on Monday, April 29. All three ...»
New additions; FJ (left) and Jessy (right) are working  on our 'Small Side' logging crew.

It Takes Two!

April 2013, Scott Worden, Soper-Wheeler Company Forester - I would like to welcome Jesse McCutcheon and Farrell James Moulder (FJ as he is better known) to the ‘Small Side’ logging crew. Both are operating heavy equipment for us. Jesse is ...»
FSC-Logo

Fire Prevention “Fee” vs. The Fire Safe Council

April 2013, Ryan McKillop, Inventory Forester - Following the signing of Assembly Bill X1 29 by our Governor in July of 2011, The State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fire Prevention Benefit Fee was born.  The law approved the new annual Fire ...»
Dan Kruger & Simon Rapley observing growth characteristics of varying redwood cultivars at Okota Forest

International Silviculture- Coast Redwood

March 2012, Simon Rapley, General Manager-New Zealand Redwood Company  and William Morrison,  Coastal District Manager- Recently, Dan Kruger and William Morrison met up with Simon Rapley to visit the NZRC properties located on the North and South Islands of New ...»
Game room after renovation - new "pub" like appearance.

Hedgpeth Happenings

March 2013, Patrick Tremo, Hedgpeth Ranch Manager - As of this writing we find ourselves in our “Off Season”- December through March, where we have only a handful of group rentals.  During this period we find plenty of work to ...»
Workplace PTSD

Workplace Safety – PTSD

March 2013, Contributed by Dan Herbster, Safety Manager - Imagine you are a warehouse worker returning to work after witnessing a worker being critically injured by a forklift just a few days prior.  Or that you are a farm worker ...»
How would you like to estimate the volume of this deck?

Timber Measurement Conference

February 2013, Rick Cunningham, Lands Administrator, Timber Check Scaler - Determining how much usable wood a given log contains is critical to both sawmills and timber owners. However it is not as straightforward as one would think, and there are ...»
Planting crew at South Moorville getting ready to plant more two year old trees

Planting 110,000 Trees

February 2013, Ron Hague, Operations Manager - The winter season has been noticeably wet, and soil moisture is perfect for tree planting. Tree planting commenced on the last week of January and approximately 110,000 trees are being planted at the ...»
Kevin Noel (left) and other crew members getting ready to skid a beautiful sugar pine log.

Kevin Noel Retires after 34 Years of Service

January 2013, Scott Worden, Soper-Wheeler Company Forester - Kevin Noel started working at Soper-Wheeler Company in 1978  as a skidder operator and landing man. Since then, he’s been a fixture at Soper-Wheeler. Like all of us, Kevin enjoys working in ...»
Sly Creek

Clean Water – California’s New Gold

January 2013, Ryan McKillop, Inventory Forester - Water quality has been a big issue as of late, as it is not only important to fish and aquatic organisms, but also essential to more and more downstream users every year. Watercourse ...»
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