by Working Forest | Sep 30, 2016 | Archives
A study is looking into why birch trees are dying off in the prairies and British Columbia, but a researcher says they can be saved. Natural Resources Canada started the study in 2008 to focus on the state of birch health. The study has examined over 300 birch tree...
by Working Forest | Sep 30, 2016 | Archives
Mayors and councillors from across the province are calling for a halt to logging of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island. On Wednesday, delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention endorsed a resolution put forward by Metchosin and championed by...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
In what looked and sounded like a road-test of her 2017 election campaign, Premier Christy Clark used her annual speech to municipal leaders Wednesday to announce new funds for water systems and benefits for forest firefighters. Speaking to a packed room of local...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
B.C. municipal leaders have thrown their weight behind a call to halt the logging of Vancouver Island’s remaining publicly owned old-growth forests. The resolution passed by a significant margin Wednesday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. Metchosin...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
This just in from the Park Board media office: Mayday, pagoda dogwood and crabapple trees want homes and a place to put down roots. But time is running out. The Vancouver Park Board needs planting partners to help expand the city’s tree canopy if we are going to...
