by Working Forest | Sep 15, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
The long-awaited wood pellet mill in Enterprise is another step closer to reality. Aurora Wood Pellets has issued a request for proposals to have someone harvest the wood from the future site of the mill. Hay River Mayor Brad Mapes has been working on this plan for...
by Working Forest | Sep 15, 2016 | Archives
Canada’s International Trade Minister is warning it may not be possible for Canadian and American officials to settle a looming softwood-lumber battle before an October deadline – after which Washington is free to slap duties on timber from Canada. “This is a...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
West Central Alberta has so far been able to manage the infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB), but many areas in Alberta were not as lucky. Approximately 8,000 trees have been controlled – harvested or burned – in the Rocky Mountain House and Calgary forest areas...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Public concerns about the use of herbicides in Nova Scotia’s forests appear to be growing, though the number of hectares approved for spraying in 2016 is on par with previous years. An online petition asking the province to retract its approvals for herbicide...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Frank Dottori knows he’s sticking his neck out a bit in picking up an idled and bankrupt Hornepayne lumber mill. With so much uncertainty looming this fall over the outcome of the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber talks, it may be a headscratcher as to why the semi-retired...
