Wood & Iron: For Loggers. By Loggers.

Wisconsin Forestry Center
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Wood & Iron is a podcast that explores the needs and challenges of today’s logger. Join our host, Blake Manley, Executive Director of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association (WFCA) as he explores business operation, policy navigation, and the future of logging with loggers from the Midwest to the West. The goal of Wood & Iron is to promote a successful and sustainable logging workforce in our forested states by offering relevant and timely information that you can listen to during your time in the cab. 

Episodes

  1. S.1 Ep.3: Failure Is Not an Option

    MAR 16

    S.1 Ep.3: Failure Is Not an Option

    Join us as we discuss the essential skills of resiliency, respect, and a strong work-ethic necessary for ensuring economic viability and longevity with Jody Hendrickx of Hendrickx Logging.  Wood & Iron is a podcast that explores the needs and challenges of today’s logger. Join our hosts as they explores business operation, policy navigation, and the future of logging with loggers from the Midwest to the West. The goal of Wood & Iron is to promote a successful and sustainable logging workforce in our forested states by offering relevant and timely information that you can listen to during your time in the cab. Produced by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center and is hosted by WFC’s High School Program Manager Jared Schroeder and Manley Jobs host and WFCA executive director Blake Manley. Wood & Iron is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, and many other platforms.

    59 min
  2. S.1 Ep. 2: Beyond the Saw

    FEB 15

    S.1 Ep. 2: Beyond the Saw

    Join us as we talk with consulting forester and owner-operator Matt Carothers of Superior Woodlands Company, LLC. We discuss the challenges he faced and opportunities he embraced throughout the start-up, growth, and maintenance of his company. Matt Carothers is a husband, father, and consulting forester from Hazelhurst, WI. As owner-operator of Superior Woodlands Company, LLC he advises families, small businesses, and conservation organizations on long-term forestry rooted in his lived experiences with the struggles and successes of land ownership. Matt is an ACF credentialed forester, an American Tree Farmer, a FISTA-trained woods worker, and an MBA graduate sharing his passion for forestry with students, retirees, and everyone in between.

    52 min

  3. JAN 15

    S.1 Ep.1: Introducing Wood & Iron

    Wood & Iron is a podcast that explores the needs and challenges of today’s logger. Join our host, Blake Manley, Executive Director of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association (WFCA) as he explores business operation, policy navigation, and the future of logging with loggers from the Midwest to the West. The goal of Wood & Iron is to promote a successful and sustainable logging workforce in our forested states by offering relevant and timely information that you can listen to during your time in the cab.

    27 min
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Wood & Iron is a podcast that explores the needs and challenges of today’s logger. Join our host, Blake Manley, Executive Director of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association (WFCA) as he explores business operation, policy navigation, and the future of logging with loggers from the Midwest to the West. The goal of Wood & Iron is to promote a successful and sustainable logging workforce in our forested states by offering relevant and timely information that you can listen to during your time in the cab. 

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