This webinar was brought to you by a coalition of organizations: the American Loggers Council, American Wood Council, National Alliance of Forest Owners, and FRA. We are united in addressing the challenges facing loggers and haulers, including workflow instability, rising…
Let the Sawdust Fly with Virginia Loggers Association General Counsel Attorney and Peter Wood
This podcast link will be worth every minute of your time. Virginia attorney and VLA General Counsel and Peter Wood define how to avoid major legal issues and expensive suits before the accident. Develop a good plan with your attorney…
VLA 2025 Annual Meeting: August 8-10
Plan to join us for another grand VLA annual meeting (our family reunion) at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg, VA August 8 – 10, 2025. All members of the family are welcome to attend.…
Safety Meeting at Keystone Truck & Tractor – Nov. 8, 2024
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY NOVEMBER 1! The incredible logger training opportunity is available November 8 to earn your Update class credits, plus legal, VDOT, VSP, & VDOF updates totaling 5 CEs. Register by November 1 and we will set a plate…
The Dismantling of the American Timber Industry
It seems like every time a forest product mill or plant shuts down (monthly if not weekly) it’s viewed as a singular isolated incident. But viewed collectively, the cumulative impacts and magnitude become more focused and apparent. The individual incidents…
Logging is Necessary for Healthy Forests
Why do we still debate whether logging is a natural component for healthy forests?Forests produce lots of solid wood and fiber products all of us use in our homes and businesses. Our healthy forests produce all of these products, enhance…
Good News for Loggers and Virginia’s Forest Products Industry
VLA celebrated Forest Products Week yesterday with Governor Youngkin who joined the Virginia Department of Forestry, Franklin Lumber Company, and Virginia’s top forestry & logging trade associations to see some important operational phases of Virginia’s third largest industry. The Virginia…
VLA Sponsors to 2022 Annual Gathering of Members, Associates, & Friends One of the Best Ever!
Virginia Loggers Association is grateful to every sponsor to our 2022 annual gathering at the Williamsburg Lodge. The generosity of our sponsors was overwhelming and helped make this annual meeting the highest attended gathering of VLA members, associates & friends…
How to Calculate Fuel Price Adjustment
The economy is mercilessly hurting loggers and truckers. Fuel price increases are a chief concern. Dr. Joseph Conrad, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations at Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia helps us to take the complex…
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Expands July 2022
Spotted Lanternfly spreading causing VDACS and VDOF to take actions for control. See letter and updated map of quarantine areas: ► View letter from VA Dept of Agricuture (pdf) ► View map of quarantine areas (pdf) If you haul from…