The 6th Annual 2021 International Mass Timber Conference will be 100% virtual, March 30–April 1, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The move to virtual for the world’s largest mass timber event creates exciting, new opportunities for what is usually an in-person conference. A virtual platform should drive even greater global attendance—over 900 attendees from 15 countries…
EASTERN ONTARIO MODEL FOREST — February is the traditional time for woodlot owners to gather in Kemptville for the winter woodlot conference. Like other organizations affected by the COVID pandemic, the KWWC has had to adapt. So, through the month of February, the planning committee has put together a weekly series of FREE noon hour…
AuthorS: Pete Stewart, Matt Elhardt, and Dr. Charles Fryer, Forest2market Blog FOREST2MARKET — It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a long, strange year. While my annual predictions for the forest industry this year didn’t entirely miss the mark, I couldn’t possibly have anticipated the ever-unfolding developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic….
FORT MILL, S.C.–Domtar Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Personal Care business to American Industrial Partners (AIP) for $920 million. The sale of Domtar’s Personal Care business represents the culmination of a process announced on August 7, 2020, during which the Company undertook a comprehensive strategic review…
Nova Scotia Forestry Innovation Trust –The first projects approved by the trustees of the Forestry Innovation Transition Trust have been announced. The projects accelerate new opportunities within the Nova Scotia forestry sector, advance environmental, social, and economic objectives, and support the adoption of new ecological forestry practices. Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) is receiving a…
By Emily Denny ECHOWATCH — In an era of extreme political polarization, opportunities for bipartisan efforts on climate change may seem impossible, but a recent introduction of rare climate legislation, authored by Republican and Democratic senators, could pioneer future agreements. Last Wednesday, U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chairs of the Bipartisan…
PRINCE GEORGE, BC FOREST PRACTICES BOARD – An investigation of a complaint about the management of biodiversity in the Prince George Timber Supply Area (PG TSA) has found that biodiversity, as it relates to old-growth forest, may be at risk in the TSA. While forest licensees are complying with legal requirements for biodiversity protection in…
Montreal – EACOM Timber Corporation has announced that its employees have chosen to donate the money normally spent on a holiday get together to local charities and foodbanks. Each site of operation selected a community organization and a donation equivalent to $20/employee was made for a total of close to $25,000. Ear Falls, ON Red Lake Indian…
Bart Bender, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Interfor is the newly elected Chair of the Board for WoodWorks—Wood Products Council. Bender will serve a two-year term beginning in 2021. WoodWorks welcomes Keith O’Rear, Senior Vice President of Wood Products at Weyerhaeuser to the Board as the company’s new representative. “We are honored to welcome Bart Bender…
This will be our 40th convention and the first to go virtual. Our virtual attendees will be able to conference from home just as so many of us are learning to work and do so many other things from home. It will be fun. Honest. Our hard-pressed planning committee plans to run a program similar to what…