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
16 June, 2020
From the President's Desk
The letter of support for bridge funding attached to this article is one small example of how an association can benefit its members and promote the needs of an entire industry. With the challenges accompanying COVID-19 and shifts in funding for critical needs to deal with it, transportation will undoubtedly become a critical and perhaps controversial topic in future budget debates.
16 June, 2020
GLTPA's Director's Notes
One thing for certain is the COVID pandemic, although not an ideal scenario, has provided an opportunity for many people to slow down, take a deep breath and place additional focus on things having great importance. Everyone and everything is important and you may agree that our former fast paced lifestyle did not always allow additional time for relationships of any sort.
16 June, 2020
Michigan Legislative Update
The Directors of the House & Senate Fiscal Agencies met with the State Treasurer in mid-May for the bi-annual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC), utilized to update state revenue estimates for the current and upcoming fiscal years, and as predicted the news is not pretty.
16 June, 2020
Wisconsin Legislative Update
On Tuesday May 19th, State Senator Tom Tiffany (R-Minocqua) was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives as Wisconsin’s newest congressman. As a member of the Wisconsin State Legislature, serving both in the State Assembly and State Senate, Senator Tiffany had been an unrelenting champion for the timber and forest products.
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