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PROLOGGER PULSE
Q:How did you get into logging initially?
A:I am a second-generation logger. My father and uncles started logging
in the 1970s and became incorporated
as G.N.G. Logging Inc. in 1989. I have always known that I wanted to be a part of the family business and grew up on the logging deck. My first cutter was a pair
of pliers, where as a kid I would trim the brush up around the logging deck and load logs up on my toy log truck.
Q:What is your role in forestry in North Carolina? What does your
job entail?
A:First, our primary role is to be good stewards of the land and to make
sure we pass down these stewardship practices to our children. It’s important we ensure healthy, sustainable forests for generations to come. My crew begins every day with a prayer that started as
a small group and, as the business has grown, now takes place over CB radio. Other local logging crews are able to tune in while we pray for all loggers and business owners throughout the
The G.N.G Logging Inc. crew gathered for a group photo during their annual company Christmas party in December.
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community. As the owner of a logging business, I often wear many different hats throughout the day, from managing the business to filling in on a skidder
or driving the log trucks. I would never want to ask anyone to do something that I would not do myself.
Q:How long have you been a ProLogger?
A:My brother Noland was a ProLogger since the inception of the program
in 1994. After he passed away in 2014, I became certified to continue the ProLogger tradition.
PROLOGGER Q&A: Greg Jacobs,
G.N.G Logging Inc.
By Mike Powell, Director of Forestry Programs