by Working Forest | Mar 2, 2017 | Archives
Whitecourt and area residents will have to be extra careful with their campfires earlier on this year. Wildfire season in Alberta is starting a month earlier than usual — on March 1 rather than April 1. “That gives the opportunity for our crews to get their equipment...
by Working Forest | Mar 2, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Softwood lumber strife between Canada and forestry titans to the south is certainly burning upheadlines this year. The buzz on Thursday was about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s telephone chat with U.S.President Donald Trump – Canadian Press reported that...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
B.C. Timber Sales’ Okanagan office made so many errors in required reporting on reforestation work that an audit by B.C.’s forestry watchdog deemed them non-compliant, according to a report released Tuesday. The B.C. Forest Practices Board audit found that on the...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
Wildfires that swept through the northern Alberta forest near Fort McMurray last May continue to frustrate loggers trying to harvest wood from trees killed by the fire before insects and rot make it unusable. The blaze, which destroyed 1,800 single family homes in the...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archives
Lumber futures scored the biggest gain among major commodities for the month of February, as Donald Trump’s first full month as U.S. president fed uncertainty surrounding the nation’s lumber trade dispute with Canada. Random length lumber for May delivery LBK7, -2.57%...
