by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2017 | Archives
PORTLAND, Ore. –– Blount International announced two promotions in their International and North American sales groups within their Forestry, Lawn & Garden (FLAG) division. Scott Harris has been promoted to vice-president of North American sales and Stephane...
by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2017 | Archives
SFI has announced additional speakers for the 2017 SFI Annual Conference – Forests. A Way of Life – September 27-29, in Ottawa. The speaker line-up includes The Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources; JP Gladu, president and CEO,...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Structurlam produces mass timber products including CLT. “Wood is the only...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2017 | Archives
Wood supply continues to be a concern for mills near in Williams Lake, B.C., as the wildfire season unfolds. Since July 7, logging operations have been shut down in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region due to the fire danger risk. But even before that, inventory was low, the...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2017 | Archives
A University of New Brunswick historian says the province could be witnessing the collapse of its marketing board system for private woodlots, according to a story on CBC News. William Parenteau says the stakes are high as J.D. Irving Ltd. and other industry players...
