An audit of forest licence A70026, held by Lowell A. Johnson Consultants Ltd., found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today. Planning and forestry activities on the licence were conducted by Canfor Ltd. on behalf of Lowell A. Johnson. “We are pleased to see that this licensee carried out good forest…
Bill Stephen, tree expert with City of Vancouver’s urban forest strategy team, wants to show me how hard it is to take care of trees in the city’s downtown core. We meet at the corner of Carrall and Water streets in bustling Gastown and Stephen points to a beautiful row of maples planted along the…
A new Sierra Club map of B.C.’s southern coastal rainforest shows why the Walbran rainforest on Vancouver Island matters, and what we stand to lose for species, carbon and beauty, if the proposed logging goes ahead. A few weeks ago, the B.C. government issued the first of eight logging permits for the Walbran requested by logging company…
The moose cull in Cape Breton Highlands National Park remained suspended Thursday for safety reasons, one day after protesters confronted Mi’kmaq hunters in the woods on North Mountain. Parks Canada said in an email statement late Thursday the moose harvest is temporarily suspended while park officials discuss safety measures with Mi’kmaq representatives. There was no…
A select group of Ontario’s leading architects, engineers, and project teams received Wood Design Awards at the 15th annual Wood WORKS! celebration in Toronto tonight. The awards program recognizes people and organizations that, through design excellence, advocacy, and innovation, are advancing the use of wood in all types of construction. “The winning projects of this year’s program showcase…
A deal has been reached that could see ownership of Wildwood Ecoforest in Cedar transferred from the Land Conservancy of B.C. to the Ecoforestry Institute Society. The non-profit conservancy holds the 31-hectare forested site in trust, but wants to sell due to multimillion-dollar debt. The society has eyed the property since fall 2013, and recently…
Some residents of the Ghost Valley, west of Cochrane, are upset that logging trucks have been granted permission to use local roads to haul timber. “The road use decision is a stinging disappointment in a series of disappointments for the community,” said resident Sharon MacDonald. Spray Lakes Sawmills has cleared regulatory hurdles with the Bighorn municipal district to…
City council has approved the formation of two new task forces designed to rejuvenate forestry in the community and to come up with a plan for the city’s prestigious waterfront property. The task forces were first announced by Mayor Andy Adams in his inaugural address last December as the new council came into office. Adams…
One-off costs totalling Can$19.4m in connection with the closure of the Canal Flats sawmill in British Columbia, as well as declining selling prices on softwood-lumber markets in North America and Asia have resulted in the third quarter in a sharp fall in operating result at Canfor. At Can$8.5m, the operating result was down year on…
Three individuals temporarily blocked logging company Teal Jones Group’s road building work in the Walbran Valley on Tuesday, suggesting that confrontation in the area may escalate. Dave Cascagnette, Trevor Schinkel and Jennifer Whitehouse acted on their own, not as part of any organized group, according to an announcement the Friends of Carmanah/Walbran distributed. The group…