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For over sixty years the Northeastern Loggers Association has published a highly respected monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on our region – The Northern Logger and Timber Processor. NELA also produces training programs, pamphlets and books, and the region’s largest exposition of forest products and tree care equipment. If you are interested in becoming a member, please click the link below.
Features
Selected articles from The Northern Logger & Timber Processor magazine.
Saving the Bartlett Experimental Forest
On March 31, 2026, the USDA Forest Service announced a restructuring plan that would move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and move regional offices to create a “state-based and service center model.” For the Northeast, that would mean a central office in Pennsylvania, and for the Lake States, an office in Madison, Wisconsin. The Forest Service also announced it would shut down research stations that serve 57 of the country’s 84 experimental forests and ranges. The announcement sent a shockwave throughout the vast community of forest workers and practitioners in the United States. Since then, there has been much discussion about what these closures would mean for
forest service staff, researchers, Americans, and the science that informs decisions about how to manage our forests.
NELA Wraps Up Another Loggers’ Expo
The Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo (a.k.a. Loggers’ Expo) brings together forestry professionals, loggers, equipment dealers, and anyone interested in the timber industry for two full days of exhibits, machinery displays, demos, and a celebration of excellence in the industry. This year, the event was held at the Champlain Valley Expo grounds in Essex Junction, Vermont, May 1-2. The show is a major event organized by the Northeastern Loggers’ Association (NELA).
Chuck Zimmerman: Logger and “Jack of All Trades”
When The Northern Logger caught up with Chuck Zimmerman on a damp, snowy day in early April, he was working in his shop repairing some equipment.
Zimmerman has been logging for over 20 years in north central Pennsylvania and southern New York. He has a two-year degree in Forestry from Pennsylvania College of Technology and is the owner of CZ logging out of Port Allegany, PA. He has two full-time employees and a part-time employee.
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