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Apprenticeship Program Aims To Help California's Struggling Logging Industry

Apr 2, 2025
11:44

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

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