OLD FORGE, NY — On May 15, 2025, the Northeastern Loggers’ Association presented Ginny Christenton with its Outstanding Management of Resources Award 2024 at the organization’s annual Loggers’ Banquet in Brewer, Maine.
Christenton has been involved in the forest community of New Hampshire for over thirty years. Years ago, she went out west to drive her own skidder off a John Deere assembly line. Today, Christenton and her husband, Tom, are active New Hampshire tree farmers and have been awarded tree farmers of the year in 1999. They have hosted tree farm days and have been active in fundraising activities.
Christenton served on the New Hampshire tree farm committee for at least ten years, some of that as education chair. She has also led educational tours on their property, notably for the New Hampshire forest teachers tour, where teachers learned the connections between sustainable forestry and wildlife habitat. Exit surveys of the tour showed the participating educator reach was 1,220 students.
Christenton is currently serving as a landowner member on the NH Office of Professional Licensure and Certification’s Board of Licensed Land Surveyors. Christenton and Tom also regularly testify in support of pro-forestry, pro-landowner bills in Concord impacting current use, low-grade timber, and property rights.
The Northeastern Loggers’ Association, Inc. (NELA) was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Old Forge, New York. The organization has nearly 2,000 members in the region from Maine to Minnesota and Missouri to Maryland. NELA publishes the monthly magazine The Northern Logger & Timber Processor and hosts the annual Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Exposition (Loggers’ Expo). NELA hosts the Annual Awards Banquet every year on the evening prior to the opening of its annual Loggers’ Expo.
NELA serves its membership and the public by advocating for the wise stewardship of our forest resources. The organization develops programs that strengthen the forest products community and help members produce products to meet the needs of the American people.
Learn more about NELA at www.northernlogger.com