The battle to protect Alberta’s drought-stricken forests isn’t always being fought where the wildfires burn. Throughout much of the province, the warmer and drier than normal conditions have allowed bug infestations that threaten huge amounts of trees. Many stands of poplar trees stretching from Edmonton to Saskatoon look injured. Large holes in the bark, with sap bleeding…
A new forecast predicts that a weak loonie and strong U.S. demand will boost Nova Scotia’s exports by six per cent this year and by four per cent in 2017. In its semi-annual outlook, Ottawa-based Crown corporation Export Development Canada (EDC) predicts that several of Nova Scotia’s key export-oriented sectors will do very well, notably…
STH Biomass LP (STH) and Stuwix Resources Ltd (Stuwix) have signed a Forest Management Agreement of cooperation that both companies describe as “historic.” The Forest Management Agreement allows Stuwix to help STH manage their forest licences and build capacity within their communities. Stuwix operates within parts of Nlaka’pamux and Silyx territories in the Merritt Timber…
The City of Fredericton now has a full inventory of street trees thanks to a two-year project completed by the University of New Brunswick forestry program. The Street Tree Management Plan is being called the first of its kind in the country. It involved 900 hours of counting, logging and analyzing the 22,000 street trees…
At 1,000 feet tall, it will only be overshadowed in London by The Shard. But unlike that tapering glass structure, this 80-story tower, if given the green light for construction, will be made of timber — making it London’s first wooden skyscraper and the tallest wooden structure in the world. Oakwood Tower is a proposed…
The report “Wood Plastic Composite Market by Type (Polyethylene, Polyvinylchloride, Polypropylene, Others), Application (Building & Construction Products, Automotive Components, Industrial & Consumer Goods, Others), Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, RoW) – Global Trends & Forecast to 2021”, published by MarketsandMarkets, The market is projected to reach USD 5.84 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 12.4% for the forecast period of…
Drought could render the U.S. Northeast’s mixed forests unsustainable after 2050 while Washington’s Cascade Mountains may require tropical and subtropical forest species, according to researchers using a new type of mathematical model at Washington State University. The Tolerance Distribution Model (TDM) is the first to use the tolerances of different types of forests to drought,…
The City of Fredericton now has a full inventory of street trees thanks to a two-year project completed by the University of New Brunswick forestry program. The Street Tree Management Plan is being called the first of its kind in the country. It involved 900 hours of counting, logging and analyzing the 22,000 street trees…
The company created to hold the remaining assets of Sino-Forest Corp. has negotiated the sale of the last of the failed company’s holdings for $242-million (U.S.), signalling there was significant remaining value within the company’s disputed forestry assets. Emerald Plantation Holdings Ltd., which was created to manage the company’s assets after it filed for bankruptcy…
WestJet Airlines Ltd is hoping its new partnership with a central Alberta research centre will lead to the development of an environmentally friendly biofuel that will help the carrier reduce its carbon footprint. The Calgary-based airline is working with the Clean Energy Technology Centre in Drayton Valley to explore the feasibility of using organic material…