by Working Forest | Mar 8, 2017 | Archives
The Nova Scotia Liberals are looking to change public perception when it sees a load of logs rolling down the highway.Nova Scotia Minister of Natural Resources Lloyd Hines met with forestry insiders at the Athol Forestry Cooperative March 2nd in Amherst to share what...
by Working Forest | Mar 8, 2017 | Archives
Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority is updating its Managed Forest Plan to maintain the health of its forests and to remain active in the provincial Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program. “This is the third managed forest plan for the SSMRCA. The most recent...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2017 | Archives
Greenpeace, after repeated attacks against Canada’s biggest forest products company for “destroying,” Canada’s boreal forests, now says that it was merely stating an opinion about the logging activity, not a fact. After years of weathering attacks on its forestry...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2017 | Archives
The Dryden Mill’s parent company is offering to pay for an independent expert to assess whether mercury is still leeching from the site into the Wabigoon River. Domtar spokeswoman Bonny Skene issued the statement to media in the aftermath of a report from...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2017 | Archives
An openly partisan coalition of labour unions and internationally funded environmental activists opposed to BC timber harvesting, are once again promoting the myth that a ban on log exports is the best solution to ensure more logs are milled here in BC. This idea is...