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The ALC’s 5th Annual Safety Conference is set for Saturday, November 11, 2023, at the Moscow Best Western University Inn. Free breakfast begins at 7 a.m. and the conference runs from 8 a.m. to noon.

• Free Breakfast
• Earn 4 Idaho Pro-Logger credits
• Door prizes including a rifle and pistol
• Keynote Speaker Ron Heagy “Roll On Ron”
• Presenter ISP Sgt. Matt Thompson – Clarification of Intrastate and Interstate Regulations for Trucks
• Presenter Randy Brooks, Professor and Extension Forestry Specialist and Forestry Program Lead at the Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Scientists at University of Idaho – Out Sloped Roads: Design and Safety Concerns

Need a hotel room on Friday night? Call the Best Western directly at (208) 882-0550 and ask for the ALC/Idaho Logging Contractors room block. A room with 2 queen beds is $134 plus tax and a room with 1 King bed is $124 plus tax.

Register for the conference HERE. If you have questions or need additional information please call Jolene at (208) 667-6473 or email jolene@idahologgers.com

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