by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
New Year’s Day marks the implementation of the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, hailed as a landmark around the world but largely ignored here at home. It’s been “saved,” as our modern urban mythology describes it. This vast rainforest is no longer officially known as...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
Sawlog prices have trended downward throughout the world over the past two years with the GSPI Index being 14.3% lower in the 3Q/16 than in the 3Q/14, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The GSPI sawlog price index fell again in the 3Q/16 and was 21% below its...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
The industry needs to champion wood, lest we lose the culture and the infrastructure that has built up around its use. The world can often seem too complicated for its own good. It’s a big reason some people, such as I, live in a rural place, where things are simpler...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
If it’s true that business hates uncertainty, then the B.C. forest industry is in for some ill feeling in 2017. Finding opportunity in the face of that uncertainty is the challenge for the coming year. The biggest challenge comes from the United States, which has...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
Two northwestern Ontario First Nation communities are exploring the idea of restoring ferry service to haul wood to a potential forest products operation. Beginning back in September, Lac Seul and Slate Falls First Nations, with their industry partners in tow, began...
