Scott Dane

HARRIS, Michigan — In his keynote address at the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association’ Spring Celebration in Harris, Michigan on April 1, Scott Dane said the past 18 months has shown significant progress with the challenges of the logging and partnering wood products industries. Dane, the executive director at American Loggers Council, based in Washington, D.C., said this is the result of partnerships who have formed a bipartisan blueprint for the recovery of the U.S. timber industry. “The challenges within the industry really boils down to one simple common denominator, and that’s markets,” Dane said. …Dane said first the bad news… “Loggers are being crushed by a perfect storm of low demand, unpredictable quotas, volatile prices, rising costs, and shrinking markets,” Dane said, referencing an editorial he read. …Now the good news, he said. Encouraging opportunities include increased domestic lumber production, cross-laminated timber, and biofuels – both sustainable aviation fuel and biojet.