OUR MISSION STATEMENT
The Pacific Logging Congress mission is to fulfill the need to provide sound technical education about the forest industry. Founded in 1909, the Pacific Logging Congress has sought to educate politicians, educators, their students and the general public about the need for sound responsible forestry to supply global needs for wood fiber.
THE HISTORY OF PACIFIC LOGGING CONGRESS
During a hot day in August of 1908 Mr. George Cornwall, who started
a logging trade journal back in 1900, was visiting with a logger
from Mt. Vernon, Washington, Mr. Ed English. Mr. Cornwall announced
he was about to take a bath and retire for the evening. Then he
asked Mr. English if he provided a bathhouse in his logging camp.
The discussion continued and the idea for a meeting of
loggers to discuss bunkhouse sanitation and other matters were
planned.
The first meeting of the Pacific Logging Congress was held in
Seattle, Washington, in July of 1909. The three-day meeting covered
sanitation, food supply, health care, use of electricity in logging,
elimination of fire hazards, fire prevention, how to log on grades
too steep for locomotives and a 50-cents per
thousand board feet increase in tax facing loggers in Mendocino
County, California.
Mr. Edmund Blake became the first president and Mr. Cornwall became
the secretary of the organization and he held that post until 1924.
At the first PLC meeting in 1909 Mr. Cornwall stated:
“Logging is an engineering science…The average logger must be a man
of good executive ability and possess the power of initiative. He
must work with difficult problems, whose solution determines the
success or failure of his camp.
Therefore, loggers should have frequent contact if they expect to
keep
pace with the changing times and benefit from associated effort and
a frank exchange of views…”
Mr. Cornwall’s words still ring true today.
PACIFIC LOGGING CONGRESS
PACIFIC FOREST FOUNDATION
EDUCATION IS OUR MAIN FOCUS AND COMMITMENT
The Pacific Logging Congress is an association of representatives
from the logging side of the forest industry in the Western United
States and British Columbia. Members are managers, owners of logging
companies, lumber mills or forest products companies, manufacturers
and forestry equipment dealers.
Historically, PLC was a combined equipment show and convention where
the newest logging equipment and supplies were exhibited. Meetings
were held with educational and informational presentations about the
logging industry from safety to logging techniques and political
activities were heard.
Today, Pacific Logging Congress and Pacific Forest Foundation have a
strong priority on educating students, teachers and the public about
timber harvesting and forestry. PLC produced a video, brochure,
lesson plan and a 10’ x 20’ exhibit booth, which has been displayed
at teacher science fairs and industry conferences around the West.
The “It Takes A Tree” program consists of a full color, 32-page
brochure about forestry and logging and an accompanying 17-minute
video. In 2001, a lesson plan was added which can be used in the
classroom for grades 4 thru 12. Two versions of this program are
available, suitable for classrooms in the United States and British
Columbia. Over 18,000 copies of “It Takes a Tree” have been
distributed through out the United States
and Canada.
In 2004, PLC and PFF made a commitment to Provider Pals to sponsor
Ron Brown Middle School in Washington DC. This program provides
intercity schools with a better understanding of the natural
resources industry in other areas.
In May of 2004, Provider Pals program received the inaugural
“Preserve America Presidential Award,” presented by President George
W. and the first lady, Laura Bush, at the Rose Garden in Washington,
DC. PLC and PFF is proud to be a part of this rewarding program. In
2005, PLC and PFF sponsored Stuart Hobson Middle School in
Washington, DC. We are proud to be a part of this worthwhile
education program.
The planning for the annual convention begins two years in advance.
The 2006 PLC hosted the 5th “Live In The Woods” show near
Clatskanie, Oregon. Longview Fibre hosted the demonstration on their
Nehalem Tree Farm.
Equipment manufacturers demonstrated their products on approx. 10 to
15 acres. There was twenty active demonstration sites with a total
of 125 machines operating or on display. The 2006 show, PLC hosted
3,000 students, teachers and parents over a two-day period. They
viewed the safest and most environmentally advanced logging methods
available.
The 100th Pacific
Logging Congress Annual Convention will be held at La Quinta Resort,
La Quinta,
PACIFIC LOGGING
CONGRESS
EDUCATION PROJECTS
IN THE WOODS TEACHERS TOURS
IN THE WOODS CLASS TOURS
“IT TAKES A
TREE” BROCHURE & VIDEO PROGRAM AND LESSON PLAN
U.S. AND BRITISH COLUMBIA VERSIONS
PACIFIC LOGGING
CONGRESS GRANTS
SUPPORTING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON STATE
– “IT TAKES A TREE” CD ROM
(FOREST FOREVER CD ROM PROGRAM)
GRANTS SUPPORTING
NON PROFIT GROUPS
PROVIDER PALS
THE EVERGREEN FOUNDATION
THE TEMPERATE FOREST FOUNDATION
HIGH SCHOOL FORESTRY PROJECTS
REGIONAL CONFERENCE’S EDUCATION DAY TOURS
PACIFIC LOGGING CONGRESS
Mailing Address: PO Box 1281, Maple Valley, WA 98038
Tel: (425) 413-2808, Fax: (425) 413-1359
Email:
Rikki@pacificloggingcongress.com, Inquiry
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