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REDOUTEY LOGGING: 2009 NATIONAL OUTSTANDING LOGGER
Release: March 17, 2009
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
 Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources
Association honored the partners of McDermott, Ohio’s Redoutey Logging as
the 2009 National Outstanding Logger at its March 16 Annual Awards
Luncheon in Hilton Head, South Carolina. FRA Chairman Dave Liebetreu
presented August, Ryan, and Reg Redoutey, and Aaron Daniel, with a special
plaque.
Kent Hall of Stihl also congratulated the four and presented them with a
$1,000 check and Stihl MS460 chain saw.
August Redoutey thanked Liebetreu and FRA for the Award, commenting, “I
always set out to try to be the best, do a little better job.” He remarked
on the influence famed Swedish logging trainer Soren Eriksson had on his
commitment to excellence: “He was the one who I always wanted to do better
for.”
August’s son Ryan recalled that, back in 1998, August had “volunteered”
him for service in the Southern Ohio Loggers Chapter of the Ohio Forestry
Association. Since then, on top of his responsibilities in running the
business, Ryan has continued to involve himself in association and
committee work, currently serving on OFA’s Board of Trustees and chairing
its Logging Standards Council. He also participates on the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources’ Forest Stewardship Committee and its Sustainable
Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee. Ryan commented, “It takes
people coming together, people in manufacturing, people who work in the
woods, and at every level. These associations do a lot to move us all
forward.”
The partners of Redoutey Logging, based in McDermott, Ohio, are true
leaders in adopting innovative harvesting methods that promote sustainable
forest management and safety.
August Redoutey started the company as a sole proprietorship in 1982,
using conventional harvesting methods. August took “Game of Logging”
training from Soren Eriksson and won the “Game of Logging” national
championship in 1993.
August’s two sons, Ryan and Reg, and cousin Aaron Daniel joined the
business in the mid-1990s. Ryan became heavily involved in “Game of
Logging” as well, serving on its national board of directors since 2003.
Collectively, August and Ryan have taught these chain saw safety
techniques to hundreds of timber cutters in Ohio.
Since the late 1990s, Redoutey Logging has specialized in “low impact
logging,” employing the correct piece of cut-to-length equipment with
properly trained operators for the specific timber, terrain, and ground
conditions.
For the past four years, Redoutey Logging has been working with Glatfelter
foresters to perfect a “de-coupled” logging system, in which each function
of the logging operations works independently, maximizing the efficiency
of each aspect of the logging operation and making year-round harvesting
possible.
John Dorka, Executive Director of the Ohio Forestry Association, comments,
“Redoutey Logging is one of the most professional, up-to-date logging
companies in the state. They have raised the bar for all of us over the
years.”
FRA has honored 19 National Outstanding Loggers since establishing the
national award in 1990. Recent National Outstanding Loggers include John
and Nipper Bunn of Georgia (2004), Mitchell and Wanda Presley of Alabama
(2005), Adrian Bishop, of South Carolina (2006), Tommy Barnes and David
Cox, of Edgemoor, South Carolina (2007), and David and Kurt Babineau last
year. Nominees for this year’s award passed through state-level
recognition to regional award programs administered through FRA’s Regional
Division structure. A jury of 25 national-level leaders in forestry and
conservation selected the winner.
The other nominees for this year’s National award were:
Anthony Madden, A.W. Madden Inc., Milford, Maine
Scott Pittack, Pittack Logging & Trucking, Bovey, Minnesota
William “Billy” Rice, Rice Timber Company, Homerville, Georgia
Greg Williams, Greg Williams Logging, Saline, Louisiana.
The Outstanding Logger program is designed:
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to recognize outstanding logging contractor performance;
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to raise the visibility of competent, professional independent logging
contractors in the forestry community;
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to encourage other independent logging contractors to emulate the
outstanding performance of the award winners; and
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to improve forester-logger relations by publicly recognizing
outstanding logging performance as an essential element of every planned
timber harvest.
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association
concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest
products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood
consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as
businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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Photo caption: “FRA Chairman Dave
Liebetreu (right) congratulates the partners of McDermott, Ohio’s Redoutey
Logging as the 2009 National Outstanding Logger. Left to right: Ryan
Redoutey, Reg Redoutey, Aaron Daniels, and August Redoutey.”
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