About The Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association
The Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA) has provided proven leadership in the Lake States Forest products industry for over 70 years. GLTPA is a non-profit organization proud to represent members in Michigan and Wisconsin and is committed to leading Forest Products Industry in sustainable forest management.
Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo
U.P. State Fairgrounds, Escanaba, MI
September 9-11, 2021
Admission - $10 per person, valid for all 3 days of the show
Industry News
5 May, 2021
From the President's Desk
Well we have gotten an early spring with ice going off of our lakes and the frost out of the ground at least weeks ahead of mother natures’ normal schedule. In my part of the state we have had several inches of rain in the first half of April. Our early spring break up is looking to drag on to its historical length due to the rain and the unseasonably warm weather. If weather conditions remain wet it will prevent all of us from getting back to work.
5 May, 2021
GLTPA's Director's Notes
Oil Fairies - Greetings, Much of the talk these days is centered around climate change and how to deal with it. The climate change cause offers an opportunity to expand the role sustainable forest management plays in climate change mitigation. No matter how you slice it, trees are the only true renewable resource. A great deal of reforestation happens naturally and planting trees by design compliments natural regeneration to ensure an abundant supply of trees.
5 May, 2021
Product Showcase
FABICK CAT & WEILER FORESTRY The Track Harvester You’ve Been Waiting For THE WEILER H157 IS FINALLY HERE Replacing the Popular 501HD Harvester with New, Impressive Enhancements The new Weiler H157 track harvester and updated PF48 harvesting head is replacing the very popular 501HD harvester. The same spacious cab offered on the larger size class H457 will be standard on the H157.
5 May, 2021
Feature Article
With Help From Michigan AgrAbility, Area Loggers Overcome Injuries By Jordan Beck For Duane Berg, owner and founder of Berg Logging in Gladstone, Mich., business was booming in 2010 – right up until he fell off a roof. “I got injured in November 2010. Besides (being) a logger, I was a construction worker, and I was helping one of my friends do a job,” Berg said.
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