Wood Manufacturing/Logging
White Lake students learn about timber harvest at school forest event
On Thursday, September 26, 2024, a timber harvest was conducted in the White Lake School Forest east block, as per the DNR Forest Stewardship Plan. Over 200 students from Antigo, Elcho, and White Lakes Schools combined visited throughout the day to witness the harvest in action first-hand. Students rotated through four interactive stations. At the…
Read MoreSawmilling and Woodworking for Education in Wisconsin
Located in Northern Wisconsin, in the small town of Antigo, Travis Allen and Logan Wells have dedicated their talents to teaching sawmilling and woodworking at Northcentral Technical College (NTC). In doing so, Travis and Logan have set their sights on educating and preparing the next generation of woodworkers and forest products professionals. NTC instructors Travis and Logan…
Read More$110,000 donated to begin saw filing training at NTC’s Antigo campus
A $110,000 donation will support the forest products industry through a newly developed saw filing training program at Northcentral Technical College’s Antigo campus. The donation is the result of feedback from industry partners that prompted NTC to launch a capital campaign for the necessary equipment needed to offer the training. According to feedback from industry…
Read MoreWorking Forests Celebrated during Wood Products Week
Forest products are so important to Wisconsin’s counties and to the state that Governor Tony Evers declared October 18-24, 2021 as Forest Products Week.
Read MoreNTC Adds Vacuum Drying Kiln Here
Langlade County, already a hub of the forest products industry in the northwoods, has gained a new educational tool. Recently local business and regional business and educational leaders gathered at Northcentral Technical College’s Wood Technology Center of Excellence in Antigo for the unveiling of a new VacuPress, a cutting-edge vacuum kiln drying technology.
Read MoreThe Langlade County Notes Key Industry During Forest Products Week
Gov. Scott Walker has proclaimed this Forest Products Week, a time to recognize the people who work in and care for forests, the businesses that create forest products and the many ways forest products contribute to our lives. Forest products are an economic driver in Langlade County and across the northwoods, and this is the week to celebrate them.
Read MoreLogging Demo
Antigo High School forest science students listen to a presentation during Thursday’s Logging Educational Days held at Camp Susan. Area foresters, loggers and forest products industry representatives discussed sustainable forestry, tree identification, and timber production and harvesting. The Steve Marshall family took time out of their schedule to show us their logging equipment and talked…
Read MoreValuable Adventure: Antigo’s Kretz Lumber shows state Financial Institutions secretary importance of Northwoods lumber industry
To watch the full news story on Valuable Adventure: Antigo’s Kretz Lumber shows state Financial Institutions secretary importance of Northwoods lumber industry, click here. When you spend most days in a Madison office building wearing a shirt and tie, it feels kind of good to trade the tie for a hard hat and see the economy…
Read MoreA History of Forestry for Langlade County and the City of Antigo
The City of Antigo has been awarded a DNR Urban Forestry Grant. Part of the grant includes funding for public education and outreach. The below information is one of nine articles that will be published regarding urban forestry for the City of Antigo as well as forestry for Langlade County.
Read MoreNTC Antigo Campus Churning Out Highly Trained Wood Products Workers
That “it” is a unique educational opportunity at Northcentral Technical College’s Antigo campus. The school carries a five-month course in partnership with the National Hardware Lumber Association taught at the Wood Technology Center of Excellence.
Read MoreIt Has Been an Unusual Year for Mapling
Maple sapping season started early across the northwoods and it may be lingering late. Producers of nature’s sweetest treat started tapping trees in mid-February, weeks earlier than usual, and the up and down temperatures of March have turned the spigots on and off since. ‘It’s been an unusual year, Jim Adamski of Adamski’s Sugarbush, one…
Read MoreForestry, Recreation Department Honored for Management Practices
The Langlade County Forestry and Recreation Department has achieved regional honors for its management practices. At the quarterly meeting of the Lumberjack Resource Conservation and Development Council, Forest Administrator Erik Rantala and staff received the Chairman’s Special Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to promoting good forest stewardship through education and example. At one time, Langlade…
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