WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA — Canadian pellets are made entirely from sawmill waste, residuals left over from harvesting or low-quality logs. Canada’s wood pellet sector is committed to sustainable fibre sourcing and supporting responsible forest management. Our sector has a powerful role to play in building a low carbon economy, founded on sustainable forestry…
TORONTO, CNW — Norbord Inc. has announced that in response to increased customer demand the Company intends to restart production at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Chambord, Quebec in spring 2021. Based on strong North American OSB demand forecasts and indications from customers for the foreseeable future, Norbord anticipates it will be unable to meet demand…
OTTAWA, CNW — The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, launched the Government of Canada’s plan to plant two billion trees over 10 years, with an investment of $3.16 billion. Meeting this commitment will help Canada address climate change by reducing carbon pollution and is a key part of Canada’s efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There is no path…
CapRadio, California State University –When ash began landing in Nate Stephenson’s yard 30 miles west of a fire burning in Sequoia National Park this summer, he knew the trees he’s studied for four decades were in trouble. “I started to see some giant sequoia ash falling and that’s when I knew it was going to be…
THE CHRONICLE HERALD — Northern Pulp intends to pitch a redesigned effluent treatment plant early in the New Year. The Pictou County kraft pulp mill idled in January in order to comply with the Boat Harbour Act, which mandated the closure of its effluent treatment plant. Premier Stephen McNeil refused to extend the Boat…
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University Alumni Professor Daowei Zhang has been named associate dean of research in Auburn’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences following an internal search. He began in the role on Nov. 20. Zhang, the George W. Peake Jr. Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, began his career as an assistant professor…
University can be about getting a world-class education while having the experience of a lifetime. At Lakehead University, expand your horizon and start your journey at a university that is far from ordinary. With two campus locations in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, we offer you a personal campus experience where you can truly realize…
Our pioneering Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program will enable you to make a difference by entering into professions responsible for the policies and practices that have a profound impact on all living organisms and on the sustainability of human social and economic systems; work that is crucial to society and the planet’s health.
Every 6 minutes our forests grow enough wood to build an 18-storey apartment building. Advanced engineered wood materials and sophisticated fabrication technologies are re-shaping the ways buildings are planned, designed, and constructed. These advances in wood construction technology are also facilitating increasingly larger, and taller, wood structures that will change how we build our cities…
The Wood Design & Building Awards is the only program to award excellence in architecture in which wood plays a significant role. As a result, winning architectural projects are featured in the Winter Edition of Wood Design & Building magazine. Award winners are a diverse group of architects, engineers, and creators and embody a range…