The District of Squamish and the Squamish Nation are moving forward on plans for a community forest. District council passed resolutions at its special meeting Tuesday to establish the Squamish Community Forest Corporation, a general partner equally owned by the district and the Squamish Nation. Council also resolved to approve the shareholder agreement between the…
I admit it. I love reading my fan mail. I try not to let it get to my head (blush), but admittedly, that’s often tough to do. After all, I’m only human. When it comes to flattery, I’m as big a sucker for it as anyone. Here are just a few of the glowing comments lavished on yours truly by grateful readers in response…
An executive and two Pennsylvania cheese businesses her family controls pleaded guilty Friday to trying to pass off grated Swiss and mozzarella as parmesan and romano and adding more wood pulp to the products than the law allows. Michelle Myrter, 44, will receive probation instead of up to one year in prison called for by…
In our Take This Job and Love It Series, WGXA News is highlighting unique and interesting jobs around Middle Georgia. Typically when people think of the Georgia Forestry Commission, he/she may think of rangers on the ground fighting fire but the Georgia Forestry Commission employs pilots who help fight fire from the sky too. There…
A man is dead following what a forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” at one of its operations on northern Vancouver Island. TimberWest Forest Corp. spokeswoman Monica Bailey said an equipment operator was killed Friday afternoon at the company’s Bonanza Lake site near Port McNeill. Bailey would not provide the cause of death, saying…
The province has announced a new forest society which will be supported by $85 million in government funding. The new Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. will focus its efforts on wildfire risk reduction and concentrate its activities on forest rehabilitation, habitat restoration, awareness programs, as well as risk reduction. The work of the Forest Enhancement…
Surrey City Hall is working to get its tree canopy numbers to stop dropping in a new shade tree management plan. According to city numbers, the tree canopy — amount of tree visible from overhead — has shrunk 5% from 2001 to 2013, down to 28% of coverage. A report last year from Urban Systems…
The Coulson Group’s C-130s will not be a part of the B.C government’s forest firefighting force this summer—not even on a pilot basis. Instead, the province will be testing Conair Group’s Avro RJ85 airtanker. “The C-130 is a prop aircraft, which is the same technology as the current fleet uses, whereas B.C. Wildfire Service is…
The Huu-ay-aht First Nation near Bamfield has received a $1.5-million legal award, the first ever issued by the Specific Claims Tribunal. Kate Blomfield, lawyer for the 750-member Huu-ay-aht nation, said the tribunal ordered the federal government to pay the money in compensation for granting a timber licence on Huu-ay-aht reserve land. Blomfield said the licence…
EACOM Timber Corporation is pleased to welcome the 2016 Ontario provincial budget, delivered today by Finance Minister Charles Sousa. EACOM is especially pleased with Premier Wynne’s sustained commitment of $60 million in public resource access roads funding for 2016-17. This funding demonstrates the Government’s support for building and maintaining public resource access roads in Northern…