by Working Forest | Sep 22, 2016 | Archives
SKEENA SAWMILLS is on the verge of announcing substantial improvements to its milling facility and associated works along Hwy16 west of Terrace. Now the only substantial mill in the region, Skeena Sawmills is owned by Roc Holdings Ltd. based in the Lower Mainland. The...
by Working Forest | Sep 22, 2016 | Archives
The Miwa district of Hitachi-Omiya, Ibaraki Prefecture, located in the northwest part of the city, close to the border with Tochigi Prefecture, is more than 80 percent forest. To a greater degree than most of Hitachi-Omiya’s other districts, it is struggling with a...
by Working Forest | Sep 22, 2016 | Archives
Hundreds of young students from the Humber Valley area got to learn all about the value of the forests around them during Explore Forestry Day Wednesday. The Grade 5 and 6 students spent the morning at Margret Bowater Park in Corner Brook, where a number of displays...
by Working Forest | Sep 22, 2016 | Archives
There’s a sugar maple in Gage Park that is worth more than $21,000. As lumber? No, as an annual estimate of what it adds to the city’s life, a collection environmental and aesthetic benefits that include energy conservation, air quality improvement, CO2...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2016 | Archives
The Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project is marking 25 years of working to restore P.E.I. forests with a celebration this Saturday. “It started really out of frustration with seeing what was being done to our forests on Prince Edward Island. It was...
