by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
To read Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees is to discover a secret world that you never knew existed in the forest. You’ll learn how fungi acts as the Internet of the woods to communicate signals between trees and other plant life, mother trees...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
Vancouver Island’s rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on the planet — temperate rainforests have never occupied more than 0.5 per cent of the earth’s land surface. They are also among its richest — they have been home to First Nations for time immemorial, and...
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...
