Award Lindgren

Dustin Lindgren of Patton, Mo., was named the Missouri Department of Conservation's Southeast Regional Logger of the Year for 2012. Lindgren received two protective kits for his crew valued at $160 each donated by Crader Distributing Company, headquartered in Marble Hill, Mo. The award is given to the logger who demonstrates the ability to carry out a timber harvest in a manner that causes the least amount of damage to the remaining resources on site. Pictured from left to right are Tyler Clubb of Crader Distributing Company, MDC Resource Forester Marty Calvert, Consulting Forester Rick Kammler, Southeast Region Logger of the Year Dustin Lindgren, crew member Travis Chisum, MDC Forestry Field Programs Supervisor Jason Jensen and Scott Crader of Crader Distributing Company.