State-of-the-Art Logging and Forest Technologies to be Featured at the 2010 Live in the Woods Show Scheduled September 16-18, 2010 on Longview Timber Tree Farm, Clatskanie, Oregon

Clatskanie, Or. – Technological advances that improve performance, efficiency and the environmental protection in the logging industry will highlight the 2010 Pacific Logging Congress “Live-In-The Woods” show.

Planning is underway for the Sept 16-18 show which will take place on Longview Timber’s Tree Farm., just minutes from downtown Clatskanie. The show, which features live demonstrations of the latest logging and on-the-ground forestry technologies, is expected to draw thousands of loggers, foresters, students, teachers and interested citizens from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, and Australia.

“Most people are completely unaware of the positive changes technology has brought to the forestry and logging professions over the last 20 years,” said PLC’s 2010 President Craig Olson, a forester for Longview Timber Co. “The show gives equipment manufacturers and distributors the opportunity to demonstrate their latest technological advancements. Attendees will get a close-up look at active logging operations and have an opportunity to visit with those of us who make our living in the woods.”

As many as 3,000 elementary school children and teachers from the Portland area and southwest Washington are expected to join us “In the Woods” on September 16 and 17, 2010. “Education is our top priority,” Olson said. The students and teachers will view the safest and most environmentally advanced logging methods available. Each individual is supplied with a hard hat and each group of students is guided by a professional forester. Bus transportation will be paid by Oregon Forest Resources Institute, Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Forest Foundation.

Layout work for the show began early this year the Longview Timber Co. plantation about 5 minutes from downtown Clatskanie. 2010 PLC President Craig Olson said the Douglas-fir and hemlock plantation features terrains ideally suited to demonstrating a wide variety of technologies.

“We’ll have several mechanical systems running, both full tree and cut to length, Mr. Olson said. “Our objective is to feature every equipment type in use in coastal and interior forests, including chipping and grinding systems used by the region’s increasingly important biomass-to-energy industry.” New this year, manufacturers will work together on the same live demonstration site. However each manufacturer will have their own tent site for their static displays.

This is the sixth “Live in the Woods” show the Pacific Logging Congress has conducted since it launched the program 20 years ago. The last two shows have been conducted on Longview Timber Co. lands because they are in close proximity both the Portland and Seattle markets. Mr. Olson said Longview Timber’s Tree Farm is somewhat unique because it is managed for multiple resource outputs including timber, natural gas, municipal water and fish and wildlife habitat.

The 100-year-old Pacific Logging Congress is the oldest logging association in the United States. It was organized in Seattle in 1909 to address logging camp conditions in Oregon and Washington. Today, it draws its membership from the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Regions, British Columbia, Alberta and New Zealand.