While much of the debate and discussion has revolved around the price of oil and gas, it is fair to say jobs and economic opportunity still exists in that “other” resource sector, the forest products industry.
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It recounts the founding days of the Forest Service, when it was a collection of Ivy League college grads trying to impose order on 200 million acres of newly created national forests.
The rugged area occupied by the Kaska Nation, which has about 3,000 members in five bands, is rich in copper, gold and other minerals, as well as oil, gas and timber.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia decision means that TimberWest will be paying a lot more taxation for its managed forest lands within the municipality's boundaries.
Scientists have developed an eco-friendly process for increasing the fire resistance of timber that also dramatically increases its strength
As we enter 2015, there is little doubt that you will be hearing more and more about the bio-economy.
BC Coroners Service said it will now hold two separate inquests into the deaths of four workers who died in two sawmill explosions in 2012.
B.C. is among a handful of regions developing taller wood towers. Can forestry's new specialty grow into a major export?
Certain lumber producers now able to export wood to Mexico with phytosanitary certificate, according to CFIA
Green Party leader says failure of Fredericton sawmill Maritime Fibre shows need for change
Sustainability is key for the local industry - and a must for the family-owned business that has logged the area for more than 60 years.
NB Natural Resources Minister Denis Landry promised on Dec. 10 to take 6 weeks to review forestry deals
A pile of tree bark spontaneously combusted at a wood processing plant near Fort St. John early Sunday morning, sparking a blaze that took more than eight hours to contain.
Sino-Forest Corp. have agreed to pay $32.5-million to burned investors in the onetime Chinese forestry giant, which collapsed amid fraud allegations in 2011.
2015 fully of promise and challenges
Softwwood Lumber agreement set to expire in October 2015
Cautious optimism for the year ahead
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