by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2018 | Archives
KP Tissue and Kruger Products L.P. announced its plan for a capital investment of $575 million in the Brompton area of Sherbrooke, Québec, to build a new, state-of-the-art tissue plant featuring Canada’s largest and most modern through-air-dry (TAD) machine. The...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2018 | Archives
THE CANADIAN PRESS — Smoke isn’t the only way wildfires affect people and places far from the flames. Researchers are studying how blackened forests affect ecosystems and water quality far downstream just as hundreds of blazes in British Columbia are darkening...
by Working Forest | Aug 16, 2018 | Archives
The British Columbia government has declared a province-wide state of emergency in response to the ongoing wildfire situation. Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth made the declaration on Wednesday morning. “Public safety is always our first priority and, as...
by Working Forest | Aug 15, 2018 | Archives
A growing number of businesses from as far away as California may be investing in Maine’s woods to address climate change. Trees absorb carbon dioxide – and larger trees mean more of the greenhouse gas is locked away. According to a report in the Press Herald, in an...
by Working Forest | Aug 15, 2018 | Archives
The federal government is granting more than $440,000 to a Lakehead University researcher to study the impact of climate change on the boreal forest. According to a report in Northern Ontario Business, Chen, a professor in natural resources management at the Thunder...
