Live 'In the Woods' Show Offers Educational Opportunity

With a mandate to promote education within the forest industry, the PLC show in Oregon gave school kids a good look at career opportunities.

Over 4,000 people attended the live "In the Woods" show put on by the Pacific Logging Congress (PLC) in late September. The 3.5-day event was held on Longview Timber Company's Nehalem Tree Farm near Clatskanie, Ore.

"We were pleased with the turnout, especially the number of students and teachers that attended the event," says Rikki Wellman, the PLC's executive director and one of the main organizers of the show. "We view the show as a great way to promote the forest industry and to educate kids and their teachers about logging and …