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Portable Skidder Bridge Rental Program
The Portable Skidder Bridge Rental Program was started in 2007 with two pilot projects getting underway in Lamoille and Rutland counties. Loggers can rent portable skidder bridges from Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Districts offering this program for $100 a month. The bridges are located at participating sawmills and log yards for loggers to conveniently pick up and return. Loggers who rent bridges are provided an educational packet that illustrates guidelines to follow for installation, use and removal of the bridges while following Acceptable Management Practices for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont.
Following is a list of NRCS Conservation Districts and sawmills participating in this program.
Lamoille County Natural Resource Conservation District and Nature Center 109 Professional Drive, Suite 2 Morrisville, VT 05661 (802) 888-9218 x 13
Participating Sawmills:
Buffalo Mtn. Wood Storage & Transfer Manchester Lumber Company Hardwick, VT Johnson, VT Phone: (802) 472-3600 Phone: (802) 635-2315 ________________________________________________________________
Caledonia & Essex County Natural Resource Conservation Districts 481 Summer Street, Suite 202 Saint Johnsbury, VT. 05819 (802) 748-3885 x 110
Participating Sawmills:
Timber Resource Group East Burke Wood Yard Phone: (802) 626-3300 ________________________________________________________________
Winooski Natural Resource Conservation District 617 Comstock Road, Suite 1 Berlin, VT Phone: (802) 828-4493 x 110
Participating Sawmills:
Fontaine’s Sawmill East Montpelier, VT Phone: (802) 223-7719 ________________________________________________________________
Rutland Natural Resource Conservation District 170 South Main Street Rutland, VT Phone: (802) 775-7192 x 17
Participating Sawmills:
Gagnon Lumber, Inc. Pittsford, VT Phone: (802) 483-6550 ________________________________________________________________
Windham Natural Resource Conservation District 28 Vernon Street, Suite 332 Brattleboro, VT Phone: (802) 254-5323 x 104
Participating Sawmills:
Allard Lumber Company Brattleboro, VT Phone: (802) 254-4939
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