The Northern Logger
Every month, we keep you abreast of logging and processing noteworthy ideas and questions.
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 65
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
How the Trade War is Affecting Hardwood Markets
This month we spoke to Tom Eichler, who works in Sales for mills here in New York. It’s no secret that the US hardwood market is heavily reliant on China’s imports. Eichler talks about the impact the…
Radio Diaries from the Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo 2019
In this episode, Northern Logger Editor Eileen Townsend takes a recorder around the annual Great Lake Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo in Escanaba, MI. She catches up with our northern correspondent Mi…
The Only Logger in the Woods: Logging Stories from New Jersey and Rhode Island
We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the histor…
Top 10 Tips for Logging Business Management with Sam Lincoln
We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the histor…
A Day at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
We spent the day at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, speaking with two researchers -- Elizabeth Studer and Laurel Symes -- about their work at the histor…
Spruce Budworm Returns
The last big budworm outbreak took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those who worked in the forest industry in Maine during that period are no stranger to the words “spruce budworm.” Learn wh…
The Quiet Art of Horse Logging
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Trucking with Tina
In this episode, our March cover girl, Tina Dyment tells all from breaking into a man's industry to advice for new truckers.
Production by Emily Townsend
Music by Ben Sound
News of the Week from The Northern Logger 3/6/19
Our weekly digest of hand-picked industry news, read for you by Northern Logger Editor Eileen Townsend. Subscribe to our newsletter by emailing [email protected] with the subject “Sign Me Up!…
12 The Global Trade War
The Northern Logger investigates the wood products industry's relations with China, Canada and smaller markets.
11 The Big Picture
A look forward into the 2019 year for the logging and wood products industry.
Thanks to Eric Kingsley!
Music by: Ben Sound
10 Oh, Christmas Tree
“O, Christmas Tree
O, Christmas Tree
How lovely are thy branches”
09 Can Larch Make It?!
A small group of researchers and industry leaders are exploring the viability of hybrid larch in the Northeast by searching out long forgotten stands.
08 A Veteran's Story: From the military to logging
In this mini episode of the Northern Logger, we talk with David Jarzab about his journey from a career in the military to Paul Smith’s to the exciting beginnings of his business. Enjoy!
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07 The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine and Beyond
This month we explore folklore that is more fact than lore by looking into the mysterious phenomena of the Jumping Frenchman of Maine. Your editor, Eileen Townsend, also brings you interviews from so…
06 The Patchwork State of Workers' Comp
As anyone who works in this industry knows, workers’ compensation rates vary widely from state to state. While Maine and New York have high participation in workplace payouts, states like Vermont are…