MAINE PUBLIC • October 8, 2021
Maine's logging industry is struggling. Market disruptions from the ongoing pandemic, the 2020 explosion of a pulp digester at the Jay mill and a shortage of workers to harvest wood and drive logging trucks are creating anxiety about the future. And the industry says it needs help. In a meeting with U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Rep. Jared Golden at a Fayette logging operation this week, about a dozen logging contractors said one of the biggest challenges they face is the need for workers.