by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
Minister Steve Thomson met with 32 coastal community mayors and councillors last night to discuss how forestry is impacting the towns and cities they represent. The meeting, organized by the Truck Loggers Association (TLA), gave mayors an opportunity to share directly...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
Now that the dust has settled a bit about the maple tree, let’s try to gain some perspective. This was indeed an important legacy tree; losing it makes Duncan less unique. However over the last 30 years or so Vancouver Islanders have witnessed the virtual extinction...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
This year Millar Western is celebrating the planting of their 200 millionth tree seedling since the company’s planting operations began in 1977. Tim McCready, Millar Western Superintendent of Forestry, said that this is a very exciting accomplishment for the...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Long before Prince William was born, his great-great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, presented a royal staff to a chief of B.C.’s Heiltsuk Nation. The gift was said to be a symbol of the monarch’s commitment to helping Canadian aboriginals. On Monday...
by Working Forest | Sep 27, 2016 | Archives
Last week, on National Tree Day (Sept. 21), NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe) announced her Private Members’ Motion proposing the development of a federal leadership strategy to preserve, protect and promote urban forests for their life-giving value to...
