by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
The lily leaf beetle, with its shiny scarlet back, “is a cute little beetle,” admits Barry Hicks, who established the Applied Entomology Lab at the College of the North Atlantic (CNA) in 2008. But it’s a ravenous bugger, too. If your garden is full of lilies, “they...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
A new analysis of trees in major cities around the world puts Vancouver at the top of list for the largest green canopy.Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology used Google Street View to calculate tree canopy from a human point of view, as opposed to the...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Canada’s wood products manufacturers are on track to post pre-tax profits of $1.4 billion this year – their highest levels since 2004, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada’s Wood Products Manufacturing...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
After 97 years and a number of name and ownership changes, the final logs passed through the Tolko Industries lumber mill in Merritt on Monday. Through 97 years, generations of Merrittonians earned their living wage working at what began as an operation known as the...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is going to be partnering with FP Innovations to study the feasibility of harvesting aspen trees in the area as a more lucrative resource. The municipality announced in a press release that the study is being financed both by...
by Working Forest | Dec 1, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Want to help fight the spread of the mountain pine beetle, but aren’t sure where to start? Well, there’s an app for that. At the end of October, fRI Research launched a free smartphone application as a quick and easy way for people to report the presence of mountain...
