Graduates of Maine’s only college training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Thursday, Sept. 15 at a ceremony held at the site in Summit Township where they have spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated machines utilized in the contemporary logging industry.
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Spaces remain available for Northern Maine Community College’s Mechanized Logging Operations summer 2022 cohort, scheduled to begin June 27 in the woods of Passadumkeag, approximately 20 miles northeast of Old Town.
The forestry and wood harvesting program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington was one of three state-wide to receive grants from a new program.