About 100-New Hampshire loggers made their way through the snow last weekend to meet up in Bartlett. The members of the New Hampshire Timber Harvesting Council met to discuss why fewer young people are choosing logging as a profession. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Doug MacPherson has more.
ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE DISCUSSION WAS DON QUIGLEY, PROFESSOR OF FORESTRY AT U-N-H?S THOMPSON SCHOOL. QUIGLEY NOTES THAT LOGGING HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A FAMILY BUSINESS. ONE STUDY FINDS THE AVERAGE LOGGER COMES FROM A LOGGING FAMILY. BUT QUIGLEY SAYS THAT TRADITION MAY BE DYING.
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IC: Some of the 2cd generation logging families are not encouraging?..
OC: ?. a tremendous amount of pride that comes from that sense of achievement. (3:42)
QUIGLEY SAYS MEMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TIMBER HARVESTING COUNCIL PLAN TO EXTEND TRAINING TO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS. IT?S TIME FOR LOGGERS, HE SAYS, TO STEP OUT OF THE WOODS AND STEP INTO THE CLASSROOM. FOR N-H-P-R NEWS, I?M DOUG MACPHERSON.
