Trains logger safety, for sawmill employees, Maine DOT, Public Utilities, NMCC Mechanized Forestry Program, and land clearing companies.
Works as a consultant for OSHA on logger safety, providing training for compliance officers around the U.S.
Former ATV Safety Institute Instructor.
Provides instructor training for Canadian Logging associations such as New Brunswick Workers Health and Safety Compensation Commission (WHSCC), Saskatchewan Forest Industry Safety Association, and Alberta Forest Products Association.
Former Maine Director for the Association of Woodland Trainers.
Former officer & Trustee for the Fort Kent Knights of Columbus Council 1934
Former officer & past president for the Levesque Association, Inc. (2001 – 2013)
President for the 2014 World Acadian Congress (WAC) Levesque Family Committee (2012 – 2014)
Steve Laweryson
Experience
Conventional logger for eight years; three of which was spent on a special 7-man production crew.
Assistant line foreman and delimber operator
Truck driver for eight years
Biwinder and online coater operator on paper machine for 15 years.
Total service for S.D. Warren; 42 years
Instructor/Field inspector for CLP since 1998
Trainer for D.O.T. crews, town crews, and individual training in chainsaw safety and logging safety
Awards/Honors
Second place, S.D. Warren Safety/Felling competition
Safety recognition at Somerset Mill
General Information
Year certified: 1998
Category: Conventional
Other:
Military Instructor for one year
Served on safety committee in woodlands and mill
Helped judge National Collegiate and International Small Landowners competition
Helped judge GOL in state finals from 1999 – 2004
Received felling training from Soren Eriksson
Received Bronze Star in Vietnam
Andy Wood
Experience
Safety Consultant for forest products industry Maine Employers Mutual (MEMIC), 1993 – present
Logging Contractor, 1987 – 1993
Production wood cutter, 1983 – 1987
Forester, U.S. Forest Service, 1979 -1983 (summer)
CLP instructor, 1993 – present
Game of Logging instructor, 1993 – present
Member, CLP Board of Directors, 1991 – present
Member, Game of Logging Board of Directors, 2000 – present
B.S. from University of Maine in Forest Management, 1978 – 1982
Graduate of Washington County Vocational Technical Institute Woodharvesting program, 1982 – 1983
Awards/Honors
National winner of FRAs HH Jefferson Memorial Safety Award, 2003
General Information
Year certified: 1991
Category: Contractor
Interests:
Backcountry Recreation – summer and winter
Small Woodlot Management
Other Memberships:
Society of American Foresters
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine
Forest Resource Association
Maine Forest Products Council
Northeast Loggers Association
Association of Woodland Trainers
Robin Avery
Experience
Conventional logger for A.J. Roy in Katahdin Iron Works region, 1976 – 1979
Conventional logger with family operation, 1979 – 1994
CLP instructor and field inspector, 1994 – present
Operations Manager for University of Maine forest, 1997 – present
Maine Master Guide, 2000 – present
Awards/Honors
1993 Outstanding CLP Conventional Logger
1990 200 Club Outstanding Crew (Champion International)
General Information
Year certified: 1993
Category: Supervisor/Contractor
Interests:
Spending time with family and friends in the north woods (Allagash), camping, fishing, hunting.
Other:
Oversee harvesting operations on 12,000 acres
Trains University of Maine students in all aspects of harvesting
Students won two first places and a second-place award at the Game of Logging National competition over three years.
Developed licensed wood scaler program for the University of Maine
Paul Cyr
Experience
40 years experience as a conventional logger
Owner/operator of a 664 Clark skidder
CLP Logger of the year – 2017
Awards/Honors
CLP Logger of the year – 2017
Sam Ouellette 50 mile ski marathon 5-year award
General Information
Year certified: 1993
Category: Conventional
Interests:
Hunting, fishing, alpine and cross country skiing, and woodworking
Other:
B.A. from Western State College, Gunnison Colorado, with a minor in French
