The Game of Logging, South eastern Michigan

farmerdoug · October 14, 2005, 12:38:45 PM

Here is a copy of the email I received today.

Greetings from the Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation and
Development Council --

Our organization, with support from the USDA Forest Service (Wood
Education and Resource Center), the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, the Michigan DNR, and the City Farmington Hills is holding a
workshop that may be of interest to you.

Workshop: The Game of Logging - a timber harvesting and chainsaw safety
training opportunity (see http://www.gameofloggingusa.com/ for more
information)

Presenter: Ken Lallemont

Dates:
Session 1 - November 7th & 8th, December 6th, and January 5th
Session 2 - November 9th & 10th, December 7th, and January 6th

Place: Heritage Park, Farmington Hills

Cost: $100 per participant

Please see the attached brochure for a detailed outline of the training
topics and for registration information. Feel free to call or e-mail me
with any questions that you may have.

We hope that you will be able to join us!

Jessica Simons
Natural Resources Specialist
Southeast Michigan
Resource Conservation & Development Council
7203 Jackson Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9506
Phone: (734)761-6722 X 105
Fax: (734)662-1686
Web: www.semircd.org

Farmerdoug

Jeff,
I have the brochure in PDF but it is 800 KB. Let me know how to attach it as is says a 200 KB limit on the attachment options or I could send it to you and you could post it.

beenthere · October 14, 2005, 03:47:53 PM

Our "Southwest Badger" RC&D just put a two day Forestry Field Day (Light-on-the-Land) with demonstrations and workshops, and it was free. $100 is a pretty steep fee, but probably worth it just the same (edited first message).

Maybe this also goes on the Calendar and in the Shows and Events Forum.

oakiemac · October 14, 2005, 04:13:07 PM

I would like to go to this. I have heard good things about the game of logging. $100 is a little steep but if it is as good as I have heard then it should be worth it.
The only problem I have is that I have to work on all those days and I'm about out of vacation. :(

Thanks Doug for posting this.

farmerdoug · October 14, 2005, 08:03:36 PM

Jessica Simons posted it on the workshop topic under the forestry board. She said that the brochure will be on their websie in a few days.

Farmerdoug

Frickman · October 14, 2005, 08:13:46 PM

$100.00 is dirt cheap for the Game of Logging, especially if it covers all the days. When I took it about ten years ago it was about $160.00 or so a day, for four days. The four classes were held one day a month for four months, And we had to pay for the instructor's time and plane ticket each time. I've cut hundreds, if not thousands of trees that I paid $100.00 or more per tree on the stump, so if a $100.00 training course helps me not split one tree, it just paid for itself.

bitternut · October 16, 2005, 07:18:32 PM

Last week I was a participant in level one and level two of the Game of Logging. I was also able to observe level three. It was my good fortune to be able to host the training at my woods. Bill Lindloff was the instructor and he does a great job. If you ever get a chance to take it you will never regret it. For me it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to get such great hands on instruction. The best part for me is that I was able to go back to the felled trees and study the cuts the next day. I also took some pictures which help a lot to jog the memory. Another plus was that I got to share some time in the woods with some great guys.