2027 - Olympic Logging Conference

Welcome to the 80thth Olympic Logging Conference

It is an honor to serve as Chair as we celebrate this remarkable milestone-80 years of bringing together the people, families, businesses, and communities that make up the forest products industry.

Our theme this year, 'FOREST LEGACIES: How We Got Here, Where We Grow Next,' is especially fitting for our 80th conference. Our industry has a long and proud history built by generations of loggers, truck drivers, mill workers, foresters, landowners, manufacturers, suppliers, and countless others who have made their living in and around the woods. Their hard work, innovation, determination, and stewardship created a legacy that continues today.

But a legacy isn't only about what we inherit. It is also about what we leave behind.

As we gather for this 80th Olympic Logging Conference, we have an opportunity to appreciate how far our industry has come while having important conversations about where we go next. Technology continues to change the way we work. Markets and regulations continue to evolve. The expectations placed upon our forests and our industry continue to grow. Through it all, the people of the forest products industry continue to adapt, innovate, and find ways to sustainably provide one of the world's most renewable and essential resources.

For 80 years, the Olympic Logging Conference has provided a place where our industry can come together-not only to learn and discuss the issues affecting us, but to renew friendships, build relationships, share ideas, and enjoy the camaraderie that makes this industry so special.

I hope you take full advantage of everything this year's conference has to offer. Attend the sessions, ask questions, reconnect with old friends, meet someone new, and take some time to visit with the sponsors and exhibitors whose continued support helps make this conference affordable.

On behalf of the Olympic Logging Conference Board, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the success of this organization over the past eight decades, and thank you for being here to help us begin the next chapter.

We are proud of how we got here, excited about where we grow next, and grateful to have you with us as we celebrate 80 years of Forest Legacies.

Welcome to the 80th Olympic Logging Conference. I hope you have a great conference!

John & Kathy Schmit
RSG Forest Products
Chairs, 80th Olympic Logging Conference