Welcome to the 83rd Annual
Intermountain Logging Conference and Equipment Show
On behalf of the ILC Board of Directors and staff, I would like to welcome you all to the 83rd Annual Intermountain Logging Conference!
The board and staff have committed considerable time and energy in building out a conference that meets our mission of maintaining and enhancing the forest products industry serving the nation and the Intermountain West region. Our theme this year is “It’s a New Day in the Woods”, and the conference includes the latest advancements in the business along with a great opportunity to network with professionals that work in the industry every day. We are also excited to welcome Blake Manley as our key note speaker. Blake is the Sweet Home High School Natural Resources Teacher, Founder of Manley Jobs, and Chair of Oregon Natural Resources Educators Association.
Regardless of how you fit in to the intermountain forest products industry, there is no doubt you have experienced many changes over the past decade. These changes have created challenges and opportunities for each of us. We hope that this year’s conference helps each of you to better take on the challenges and fully leverage the opportunities to be successful, much like every new day in the woods.
I would like to sincerely thank our board and staff, exhibitors, sponsors, equipment dealers, and forest products companies for their support of the conference. Without all of us working together, supporting this event, we wouldn’t be celebrating the 83rd year of this conference!
Thank you for joining us at the conference in Spokane. We look forward to seeing familiar and new faces, catching up on the past and future, and sharing some time together celebrating the great industry we are all a part of.
Bill Frings
2023 ILC President