One by one ash trees are being cut down across the City of Barrie and some people are disappointed it’s come to this. The reason for this massive tree removal is a tiny bug called the Emerald Ash Borer. The bugs are small, but they do a lot of damage to ash trees. “This tree…
I am writing in response to an article I read in the Timmins Daily Press that can be found at http://www.timminspress.com/2015/06/11/greenpeace-responds-to-eco-terrorist-portrayal. While I respect Mr. Richard Brooks of Greenpeace having an opinion, I remain offended by the suggestion that somehow, as leaders and people of the North we are so naïve and incapable of making…
There have been almost triple the number of forest fires in N.W.T. so far this season compared to the 20-year average. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources says there have already been 65 forest fires this year, 48 of which are still burning. Yellowknife lifts fire ban Based on the 20-year average, the typical number of forest fires for this time…
Squamish was filled with smoke Monday due to a forest fire burning 67 kilometres west of Pemberton. Due to the smoke, the air quality in Squamish was up to a 6 by 10:30 a.m. and an 8 by noon and a 9 by the end of the lunch hour. A 9 means people should consider…
An SFU professor explains that British Columbians need to be aware of the looming danger from the extraordinarily dry spring we have experienced: an elevated risk of forest fires. With several fires burning in BC already, including the Dunedin River Fire and the Little Bobtail Lake Fire, the upcoming fire season is predicted to be…
Don’t even think of flicking that lit cigarette butt right now. From the backyard to the back country in Chilliwack, it’s really dry out there. That means heightened fire risk and extra vigilance by everyone is needed to prevent fires from breaking out, say officials. By comparison to this time last year, it’s about 20…
Tree planting is a job so demanding that when the BBC sent three young Brits to B.C. to give it a try, two didn’t even make it through the first week. “It really is the hardest job in the world,” said Dirk Brinkman, whose company, the Brinkman Group, hosted the three woefully unprepared twentysomethings at…
Eight months ago, a hiker and friend of our organization found new surveying tape in the central Walbran Valley. There, centred around the iconic Castle Grove, stands one of the largest intact tracts of unlogged old growth rainforest on southern Vancouver Island. The area was ground zero for B.C.’s war in the woodsmore than 20 years…
The word “green” has become common parlance for “good for the environment.” However, for researchers studying images of forests from the Carnegie Airborne Observatory, doing what’s good for the environment means using all of the colors of the rainbow. The CAO, as its name suggests, is not a building but a twin-engine plane. Equipped with…
The Canada Revenue Agency has issued notice SWLN47 to provide exporters of softwood lumber products under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 with information on a surge charge for the month of April 2015 for the region of Alberta. Pursuant to the surge mechanism described in subsection 14(1) of the Softwood Lumber Products…