There were ten new forest fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon, Aug. 4. Algonquin Park 16 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare Bancroft 21 is not under control at 0.3 of a hectare Chapleau 12 is not under control at 0.1 of a hectare North Bay 3 is under control at 0.1 of…
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Portland, must sometimes feel that old issues never die, they simply fade into the background for a time. Thus, this week he urged negotiators to come up with a trade agreement that will slow the influx of Canadian wood to the U.S. It’s a problem he’s faced periodically since first going…
Oregon jobs are at risk from subsidized Canadian lumber. Unless we can find a solution in the coming months to address Canadian government policies that give Canadian mills a regular supply of logs at below-market rates, thousands of jobs could be lost. Sen. Ron Wyden has been a champion on fair trade for U.S. mills…
Catalyst Paper, which owns the Crofton mill, recorded a net loss of $26.6 million for the second quarter of the fiscal year, which ended on June 30. That’s compared to the company’s net earnings of $16.9 million in the previous quarter. A statement from Catalyst attributed the loss in the second quarter to the fact…
Responsible Rio: Millions of FSC-certified products will be used at 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Attending Rio 2016 this summer? If so, you’ll almost certainly come into contact with more than one FSC-certified product and, by extension, will be supporting the growth of responsible forestry worldwide. In preparation for the Rio Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games,…
Re: New bid offered for Wildwood, July 28. I live close to Wildwood on Yellowpoint Road and have always admired Merve Wilkinson’s vision of eco-forestry. At first blush, a sale to a fellow eco-forester and Merve’s apprentice might seem appropriate, but I cannot help but shake my head at The Land Conservancy’s notion of ‘conservancy.’…
Re: “Some old-growth logging is necessary,” letter, July 29. Yes, logging old-growth would maintain a healthy industry for a few years, maybe a decade or two, but then that high-value timber would be gone, and the industry would be stuck with only the low-value timber (second growth) remaining. To maintain some old-growth timber in the…
The risk of forest fires is extremely high in the southwest corner of Quebec. The province’s forest fire protection agency, the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), says the Val-d’Or, Outaouais and Pontiac regions are among those most at risk. Several regions, from the Eastern Townships to Northern Quebec, are at a high risk of forest fires. That includes the…
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is battling 24 forest fires in Northeastern Ontario and one in the North Bay area is one of the largest in the region. North Bay 32, located 12.5 km west of Latchford in Kittson Township (more specifically: east of East Lady Evelyn Lake), measures 40 hectares and is not…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. invested $52 million in fixed assets during the second quarter, $30 million of which was dedicated to its Calhoun tissue project in Tennessee. The company reported yesterday that no drawdown was made on the asset-based credit facility in the quarter, maintaining the $20 million drawn on the facility as of June…