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What is the National
Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation?
The National Timber
Harvesting and Transportation Safety (THATS) Foundation is a charitable
501(c)3 organization administered by the Forest
Resources Association. Established in 1991, the mission of the
Foundation is "to promote, support, and serve as a catalyst for safe and
professional work attitudes, practices, and conditions in timber harvesting
and transportation." For a brochure with more information, please click
here. (Adobe®Acrobat®Reader,
available at no charge from Adobe, is necessary to view)
What is the Forest
Resources Association?
The Forest
Resources Association (FRA) is a national trade association concerned
with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest products
and their transport from the woods to the mill. Established as the American
Pulpwood Association over 70 years ago, FRA has adopted as a main goal "improving the safety of the forest work environment."
Who are the members
of the Forest Resources Association?
FRA members are wood
consumers (sawmills, pulp & paper mills), wood suppliers (wood dealers,
independent logging & trucking contractors), forest landowners and consultants,
and businesses that provide services and equipment to forest resource-based
industries.
What support does
FRA provide to logging safety efforts nationwide?
The Forest Resources
Association offers many logging safety training materials like The
Logger's Guide to the New OSHA Logging Safety Standards and OSHA
Logging Safety Video & Companion Guide. Many statewide logger continuing
education programs use FRA-produced training materials in their safety
courses. Safety Alerts are used by loggers in their monthly safety
meetings with employees. FRA staffs two regional safety committees (Southwide
Safety and Northeastern Safety & Training), in addition to the National
Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation.
How does the National
THATS Foundation improve logging safety?
The Foundation
awards grants each year to non-profit organizations to help fund worthy
logging safety-related projects and activities. The National THATS
Foundation has awarded over $580,000 to 122 organizations since 1991. For more information about the Foundation's grant program, including
information on applying for a grant, please contact Steve Jarvis at 301-838-9385
or sjarvis@forestresources.org.
What are some recent THATS-funded
projects?
Click here
to view descriptions of recent projects.
How can I support
the Foundation's grant program?
If you would like
to make a contribution to the Foundation, please click
here
to download and print-out a form and send it with your donation (check
or credit card) to:
National Timber
Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation
c/o Forest Resources Association Inc.
600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Donations are deductible
as contributions to a charitable 501(c)3 organization. For list of donors
for the past fiscal year, please click here.
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