by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2016 | Archives
When the Toronto Stock Exchange opened Wednesday, Western Forest Products Inc. stock plunged on the uncertain future of Canada’s softwood lumber industry with the incoming, stoutly protectionist president of the United States. The fortunes of British Columbia’s...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2016 | Archives
Negotiators for B.C.’s now-expired softwood lumber deal with the U.S. now know who they’re facing in an effort to find an acceptable quota for Canadian wood exports – anti-trade crusader Donald Trump. Trump’s campaign speeches focused on the North...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2016 | Archives
The standstill agreement on softwood lumber trade expired recently, leaving Canadians holding their breath for the U.S. Lumber Coalition to launch legal proceedings. In the calm before the storm of the next Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute, speculation about how...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Nova Scotia will begin using a new tool aimed at making sure soil in a specific area is healthy enough to support future logging and can rejuvenate the forest once wood is harvested. The Department of Natural Resources’s code of forest practices already...
by Working Forest | Nov 8, 2016 | Archives
When it comes to understanding the risks that B.C.’s forests and forest-dependent communities face, you’d be hard-pressed to find two more qualified individuals than Anthony Britneff and Martin Watts. Between them, the two have worked a combined 70 years in forestry,...
