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 75 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.
Major Sponsor of the Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment EXPO
Contact GLTPA at 715-304-2861 for more information on the 2024 EXPO! Or email: info@gltpa.org
Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo
Resch Center Complex, Green Bay, WI
September 5-7, 2024
Industry News
5 May 2024
From the President's Desk
A Brief History of Property Rights in United States. The right to own property and the capitalist system provide the freedom we enjoy in the United States. This article provides a short history of property rights in the U.S. and some thought-provoking comments at the end.
5 May 2024
GLTPA's Director's Notes
Whose Selling and Whose Buying? Greetings, Believe it or not, several folks have contacted GLTPA about getting into the forest and logging business. They ask questions, and it isn’t long in the conversation before the topic of profitability comes up.
5 May 2024
Product Showcase
BARKO Industrial Wheeled Tractors: 937B and 930B - The BARKO Monsters of Mulch! Credited with inventing and producing the first hydraulically powered knuckle boom log loaders in 1963, BARKO Forestry Equipment has innovation in its DNA. In 2005, BARKO introduced its first Industrial Wheeled Tractor (IWT), roughly based on feller buncher designs from an even earlier era.
5 May 2024
Understanding Extension Forestry
Understanding Extension Forestry. Many of you might have come across plantations along canals, motorways, railroads or even on dividers of highways. All these plantations are an example of extension forestry.
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