Southern Manitoba may not be known for its lumberjacks, but after this weekend, that could change. Manitoba’s very first professional lumberjack championships are happening at the Carman Country Fair in Carman, Man. both Saturday and Sunday. “When we first came over to meet these folks and check it out… we are looking and we are like,…
The emerald ash borer is continuing its spread across the region. “We are starting to see exit holes in the trees in areas we hadn’t seen them before so that tells us the pest is there,” Donna Lacey, forestry technician at the Saugeen Conservation Authority, said Thursday. “In some cases people are actually catching the…
Two levels of government and Emera are investing $1.67-million in a type of business incubator for the forestry industry in Nova Scotia. The forestry “innovation hub” will help startups make a business out of using wood byproducts in new ways, the provincial government says. “Over the last number of years it’s become painfully apparent that we need to…
Saulteau First Nations is preparing for an invasion from the south. Armed with lessons learned from the pine beetle outbreak, SFN, together with the provincial government and industry partners are taking steps to get ahead of the next big problem for B.C.’s forests: the spruce beetle. Already, more than 156,000 hectares of forest in the…
Now that crews have contained the 78 hectare wildfire that has been burning in Burns Bog since Sunday afternoon, ecological experts are anxious to visit the site so they can survey the damage. Delta Mayor Lois Jackson said it is essential the recovery of the bog is guided by science. “We determined that we had…
Research based on satellite imagery shows that almost all industrial activity in Canada’s intact forests is occurring on the home ranges of endangered species. A report released Tuesday by Global Forest Watch Canada says 92 per cent of the land affected supports at least one endangered species. It says 14 per cent of activity —…
A Lantzville councillor will sit on a woodlot management advisory group. At last week’s meeting, District of Lantzville councillors voted in favour of appointing Coun. Dot Neary to the Lantzville Woodlot Advisory Group, also known as LWAG. The advisory group was formed in 2014 to ensure the public could provide input, express concerns and provide…
The Forest Practices Board in British Columbia says trees have not been replanted after cutting in the Selkirk Natural Resource District near Creston. It has ordered an unnamed logging operator to develop a plan to replant in the areas it audited. Board chairman Tim Ryan says in a news release that the licensee hasn’t harvested any cutblocks…
Battling the spread of the emerald ash borer has taken its toll on the urban canopy in Hamilton, Ont. says the southern Ontario city’s manager of forestry. The invasive beetle was first discovered in Hamilton in 2009, said Le’Ann Seely, and an action plan to deal with it was approved by city council the next…
Firefighters are working to extinguish hot spots at a forest fire roughly two hours outside of Halifax. Two helicopters, nine tankers and 40 firefighters responded to the scene Tuesday. The fire started in a wooded area near Malay Falls, N.S., close to Sheet Harbour, N.S. No evacuations or injuries have been reported, and the fire,…