by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
An audit of Canfor’s Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 14, south of Golden, found compliance with British Columbia’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today. “Canfor complied with requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act,” said...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
Colin Richardson has fished along the Skidegate Channel in Haida Gwaii all his life. As a child, he worked as a deckhand on his father’s commercial fishing-boat, trolling for halibut and salmon. The popular channel connects the Pacific Ocean to Hecate Strait and...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
Approaches to forest management must change if B.C. wants to end bug outbreaks sooner, said the closing speaker at a two-day summit on managing the spread of spruce beetles. “We need to keep the system in focus and remember the beetles are always there. They may...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
The Tumbler Ridge Community Forest is expanding. Recently, the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations allocated 15,500 cubic meters of coniferous volume and 2000 cubic meters of deciduous volume to the annual allowable cut that the Tumbler Ridge...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
A Victoria-based filmmaker is shedding light on B.C.’s coastal forest industry with a new documentary series entitled Heartwood: A West Coast Forest Documentree. In his series, Daniel J. Pierce highlights coastal communities, like Port Alberni, Cortes Island and Port...
