The Northern Logger

2026 Loggers' Expo in Essex Junction, VT The Northern Logger In this month’s podcast, we travel to the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo (known as the Loggers’ Expo), held May 1-2 of 2026. This annual event, organized by the Northeastern Loggers’ Association, is the association's biggest event of the year, bringing together folks from all sectors of the forest products industry. In this...

Chainsaw Love with James Card The Northern Logger Download In this episode with author James Card, we talk about his new book, Chainsaw Love . Card has written about outdoor pursuits in The New York Times and many other publications covering the outdoors. He was a fly-fishing guide in South Korea, and worked as a tree faller for a line-clearance company. His experiences using a saw cutting firewoo...

In this podcast, we sit down with the Schiano brothers - Steven, Henry, and Jacob of SE Schiano Logging. They are all 30 or younger, and represent the next generation of loggers in the Northeast.

Bingaman & Son Lumber, a hardwood sawmill group in Pennsylvania, is surviving tariffs and tough log markets.

Madden Sustainable Forestry: A Diversified Logging Business The Northern Logger Download In this episode, we speak with Derek Madden of Madden Sustainable Forestry , a Maine-based contracting company. We discuss how he’s diversified his business and how working on private lands has helped with that, branching out with new services, surviving through these times that we’re in, and the importance of...

Checking in with Matt Farr The Northern Logger Download In this episode, we check in with roadside buyer Matt Farr of Port Leyden, in New York’s North Country. He’s been in the industry since graduating high school, starting out as a logger, turned log trucker, and recently he was hired by Tupper Lake Pine mill as a log buyer. We talk about his journey over the years, the ups and downs of logging...

Ethan Tapper on How to Love a Forest The Northern Logger In this month’s episode, we speak to Ethan Tapper, a Vermont forester who has spent the last eight years as the Chittendon County Forester for the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation. This June, he embarked on his own journey as a consulting forester, establishing his own company, Bear Island Forestry. In our interview we dis...

Up-and-coming logger Eryk Thurber The Northern Logger In this month’s episode, we speak to Eryk Thurber, the sole proprietor of a small cable skidder operation in Etna, Maine. Eryk graduated from the University of Maine in Orono in 2020 and is just starting out in his career. We often hear about the current workforce challenges and the lack of “younger people” getting into logging and forestry. Ho...

Donald Burr on Logger Safety The Northern Logger Winter is here, and with the cold, snow, and ice forming across the northern US, there is no better time to be reminded of the dangers of working in the woods and what to do to avoid accidents and injuries. This month on the podcast, we talk to Donald Burr, the Safety and Training Coordinator for the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast...

Great Lakes Logging Expo 2023 The Northern Logger Earlier in September, The Northern Logger attended the Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo in Escanaba, Michigan. The show is organized by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLPTA) and alternates between Escanaba and Green Bay, Wisconsin every year. Thousands of loggers, foresters, and others attended the show, and there wer...

Jason Brochu and Toby Pineo Talk Logging and Sawmilling in Maine The Northern Logger In this episode, Part 2 of our series on vertical integration, we interview Jason Brochu, who along with his brother and co-president Chris Brochu, have revived their family’s logging business after a 20-year hiatus under the umbrella of Pleasant River Lumber Company in central Maine. We’re also joined by Toby Pin...

Interview with Lyme Adirondack Forest Company's Eric Ross The Northern Logger In recent years, in large part due to a lack of logging capacity and also other regional factors including available wood and changing weather patterns, the forest products industry has seen some mills and large forestland management companies bring logging and road crews in-house — examples of   taking direct owner...

Getting a Feel for the Logger's Expo 2023 The Northern Logger From May 19-20, The Northeastern Loggers’ Association hosted the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, also known as the Loggers’ Expo, in Bangor, Maine. We had amazing weather and attendance of over 5,000 people. Around 180 exhibitors promoted their products and services to an enthusiastic crowd of loggers, truckers, saw millers...

Interview with Photojournalist George Bellerose The Northern Logger On this episode of the Northern Logger Podcast, I speak with photojournalist George Bellerose, from Weybridge Vermont, about his new book Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine. Bellerose has spent 50 years as a writer, journalist, and photographer, and the last 20 years as a photojournalist documenting the lives of everyday people...

How to Attract Top Talent in the Forest Products Industry The Northern Logger One of the biggest challenges for forest products businesses is finding good workers and retaining them. The labor shortages across many industries in the US these last few years have made it even harder to attract and retain exceptional employees – essential to running a successful company. On this episode, five leaders...

Interview with Paul Snider at Baillie's Boonville Sawmill The Northern Logger Procurement forester Paul Snider talks to The Northern Logger about Baillie Lumber , a major hardwood lumber producer in the northeastern US. Paul speaks about Baillie’s Boonville operation, his experiences as a procurement forester, how the industry has changed in recent years, and the current economic climate. He also...

Steven Bick Introduces The Vermont Forest Business School The Northern Logger Do you ever feel like a crooked tree? You’re not alone. In this episode, Steven Bick introduces his Vermont Forest Business School (FBS) program by sharing a recording of an alumni session from earlier this year. During the workshop, participants discuss the lyrics to the song “Crooked Tree” by Molly Tuttle and use them...

Thompson Native Lumber The Northern Logger Learn how Thompson Native Lumber , a mid-sized mill in Hopkinton, RI, has thrived for over six decades. The mill has maintained a healthy balance sheet through diversification and finding niche markets amid the ever-changing forest products industry landscape. You'll hear Jim Thompson discuss the evolution of his family-owned and operated mill since the m...

Travel Diaries from Sweden The Northern Logger Thank you to our fabulous sponsor, John Deere !

Ed Berry, Maine Logger and Safety Innovator The Northern Logger Ed Berry is a Maine Logger who has worked the Kennebec River Land Base for over 60 years. This month, we heard his story.

Checking in with the Levis The Northern Logger Thank you to our sponsor, John Deere!

Hearing Back on 2021: Jim Reynolds The Northern Logger

On a Western Fire Line with Jack Kingsley The Northern Logger

Walking is Better Than Zooming with Steve Bick and Alison Berry The Northern Logger

Mike Thurlow Shares Lessons from a Logging Career The Northern Logger Mike shares his path into a career of running a one-person logging operation, his choice to stay non-mechanized and how Game of Logging revolutionized his safety practices.