Toulouse, France –– Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, has announced the commercial availability of Delair Ag, a comprehensive drone solution specifically designed for agriculture and forestry. Built around the Delair UX11 Ag, a new fixed-wing drone optimized for the agriculture industry, and Delair Aerial Intelligence (delair.ai), industry’s most powerful aerial intelligence platform,…
An Alliance of First Nations and non-First Nations leaders from across Northern and Rural Ontario were pleased to see Premier Ford and the Ontario Government are taking steps to improve the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On January 18, 2019, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP) posted a 45-day consultation period to the Environmental…
TORONTO — Ontario’s Government for the People wants to hear directly from industry leaders on how the province can cut red tape, create jobs and promote economic growth within the aggregate industry. John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, announced he will host the Ontario Government’s Summit on Aggregate Reform on March 29, 2019,…
OPINION PIECE: By Rob Keen, RPF, CEO – Forests Ontario Having spent my life surrounded by trees, – 40 years in a professional capacity – I know when our forests are healthy, they provide an impressive range of services and benefits. While the value of our forest’s ability to sequester carbon and mitigate the effects…
Toronto, ON – Forests Ontario wants landowners to consider the benefits of large-scale tree planting. The non-profit organization will be hosting seven free tree planting workshops across the province, in partnership with local planting delivery agencies, during February and March of 2019. WHO: Forests Ontario, Local Planting Delivery Agencies, Local Landowners WHAT: Free Tree Planting…
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — Loss of the heat-shielding forest canopy and the obstacle of fallen trees have caused elk to avoid beetle-killed areas of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, according to new research by University of Wyoming scientists. Those factors more than offset the gains in nutritious grasses and other vegetation desired by elk that…
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA – Associated Press — The state has signed a $2.1 million contract with ALCAN Timber Inc. for a timber sale on state and federal forest land in southeast Alaska. The timber sale includes about 481 acres (195 hectares) within the Southeast State Forest and Tongass National Forest on the northwest end of Gravina…
Wildfire impacts on community forests will be the focus of a provincial workshop taking place in Williams Lake next month, according to a report in the Williams Lake Tribune Alex Fraser Research Forest manager Stephanie Ewen said they will be hosting the seminar with the British Columbia Community Forest Association from March 11 to 13…
EAR FALLS – Domtar and Unifor have negotiated $100,000 early retirement packages and up to $50,000 in moving allowances for about two dozen woodlands employees near Ear Falls, according to a report by NetNewsLedger. George Smith, Unifor Local 324 President said, “EACOM’s Ear Falls sawmill recently hired dozens of additional Unifor members for increased lumber…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), have developed a novel, non-destructive method to rapidly measure the wood and non-wood fiber components in paper. Identifying and measuring the ratio of plant fibers used to manufacture paper has wide application in criminal forensics, conserving…