Ensuring the sustainable management of our forests is an awesome responsibility and one in which many people play an important role. With impressively few exceptions, logging business owners are conscientious and responsible managers of the forests that provide for their livelihood and society’s recreational and economic demands. The Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP) was established in 1995 and provides professional assistance and training to Minnesota's logging community in the areas of sustainable forest management, business management, transportation and safety. MLEP members are required to complete 24 hours of classroom and field training their first year and maintain 16 hours of continuing education units each year thereafter.

Often, the only forest management advice a family forest landowner receives is from a logger. The training and experience MLEP members possess can help facilitate wise and sustainable timber harvest practices. If you are a woodland owner and are considering harvesting some or all of your timber, you should have a forest management plan and contract with an MLEP member logger for your harvesting needs.

Minnesota Master Logger Certification program
MLEP’s Minnesota Master Logger Certification program provides added confidence to customers and the public that the person performing a harvest has the education and experience to do the job correctly. It is an independent, thirdparty audit of a logging business’s harvest, safety and business practices. Logger certification provides formal recognition of those logging businesses who have meet the high standard required for certification. Demand for certified forest resources is increasing. Timber harvested from family forestland by Minnesota Certified Master Loggers can be marketed to mills and other customers as certified wood. For additional information on MLEP or to receive a free directory, contact our office.

For more information about MLEP’s Minnesota Master Logger Certification program or to obtain a list of Minnesota Certified Master Loggers, visit the MMLC website at: www.mlep.org/mmlc.htm or contact our office.

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