Apprenticeship Program Aims To Help California's Struggling Logging Industry

KQED's The California Report - A podcast by KQED

California's logging industry has been shrinking for years, with an aging workforce and fewer young people entering the trade. But in Northern California, a community college is stepping in to change that, helping to train the next generation of loggers through an innovative apprenticeship program. Guest: Kate Rix, The Hechinger Report The California snowpack is close to 100 percent for the third year in a row. That hasn’t happened in three consecutive years since the late 1990s. Reporter: Ezra David Romero, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices