24 Nov 2025
Loggers and Forest-Product Truckers Honor Their Own at Annual Convention
(LEBANON, October 25 ) The N.H. Timber Harvesting Council (NHTHC) held its 33rd Annual Loggers and Truckers Convention on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Fireside Inn & Suites in West Lebanon. The event is an annual opportunity for professionals who work long hours, often six days a week, to get together to socialize and recognize outstanding […]
Linda Brownson receives the 2026 Isobel Parke Award
Linda Brownson was introduced to New England when she decided to pursue a doctorate in Boston. She made trips up into Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine and was charmed by the difference between these landscapes and the ones she grew up with in Texas.After she finished her degree, she was poised to go into consulting. […]
Tom Chrisenton receives 2026 Kendall Norcott Award
Tom Chrisenton has been on the NHTOA policy committee since 2021 but he and his wife Ginny of been members of NHTOA “forever.”“We review all of the legislation and recommend that NHTOA support, oppose or be neutral about it,” Tom said. “This past year the carbon issue took a lot of time.”He is also testifies […]
Don Quigley receives 2026 President’s Award
Don Quigley spent a long time at the University of New Hampshire. He grew up in a rural part of Pennsylvania where his family spent time in the woods hunting, but it was on a tour of Vietnam where he got interested in forestry. A fellow soldier had started a forestry program in California and […]
Brian Winn: 2026 Outstanding Forest Products Trucker
Brian Winn has been a log-truck driver for 34 years. He once worked for his grandfather and he has owned his own business for the past six years. He hauls roundwood almost exclusively, hauling chips only rarely.Brian operates a 2002 Kenworth W900 with a 2021 trail and a 2018 Serco 6700 center mount loader. He […]
Don Ryder: 2026 Outstanding Logger
Don Ryder started logging in 1983. Alongside one employee, Don hand-cuts with a chainsaw and skids with a cable skidder. He works mostly in the greater Mt. Washington Valley area.If you visit one of Don’s timber sales you will see minimal scarring and virtually no crown damage. At a timber sale in Albany, the NHTHC/NHTOA […]
nhwoodjobs.org is ready to use
At long last, nhwoodjobs.org is available and being distributed to educational institutions and workforce agencies across the state! This is only Phase I, which is a VERY simple overview of occupations available! NHTOA Members can post your jobs, and other work-based learning opportunities FOR FREE!!!! Simply email me your job descriptions/opportunities to dcullen@nhtoa.org or call 603.224.9699. If you don’t […]
2025 Forest of N.H. Teacher Tour kicks off
(above) Mariko Yamasaki, U.S. Forest Service, leads a wildlife tour at the 2025 Forest of N.H. Teacher Tour. Yesterday, the 2025 Forest of New Hampshire Teacher Tour began. This year’s class of 19 educators from across New Hampshire met at Joe Dodge Lodge in Gorham New Hampshire for introductions and a briefing on the next […]