Welcome to Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP)
Here you will find information on training, news & resources, and a directory of logging professionals. MLEP is a private non-profit educational corporation established to assist logging business owners meet the ever-challenging demands of their profession.
MLEP Spring Conferences
April 14, 2025
Virginia
April 29, 2025
Bemidji
As usual, LogSafe will be offered the day following each conference.
Industry News
MNDNR
July 2024 Forest Industry and Resource Newsletter
Minnesota Department of Natural Resouces - July 22024 Forest Industry and Resource Newsletter
NIACS
NIACS Collaborates with Northern Forest Birds Network to Share Adaptation Resources
Bird conservation in the northern forests of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin has received increasing attention in the last decade in response to a great need for improved coordination of monitoring and other conservation activities across the boreal hardwood transition zone. The Northern Forests Birds Network was established to provide training and resources for land managers from all organizations concerned with bird habitat.
NIACS
Regeneration Response to Adaptive Silviculture Treatments in Northern Hardwoods
Climate change poses threats to forests, creating a need for adaptation to novel and changing conditions. Although approaches for adapting to climate change, such as the resistance, resilience, transition (RRT) framework, are grounded in theory and management experience, little is known about how these approaches may influence tree regeneration.
MN-DNR
June 2024 Forest Industry and Resource Newsletter
Pittack Logging named 2024 Minnesota logger of the year Pittack Logging of Bovey, Minnesota has been named the 2024 Minnesota Logger of the Year by the Minnesota Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) Implementation Committee (MN SIC).
