by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2016 | Archives
Firefighters are working to extinguish hot spots at a forest fire roughly two hours outside of Halifax. Two helicopters, nine tankers and 40 firefighters responded to the scene Tuesday. The fire started in a wooded area near Malay Falls, N.S., close to Sheet Harbour,...
by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2016 | Archives
Provincial government plans to diversify British Columbia’s resource-based economy by developing markets and exports for Liquified Natural Gas, a project which seems to have dominated cabinet thinking in recent years, is all well and good. But in attempting to realize...
by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2016 | Archives
Lac Seul First Nation and Slate Falls First Nation have signed an agreement with Domtar, Weyerhaeuser, and seven independent loggers which supports resource extraction practices anticipated to benefit all parties. Lac Seul First Nation Chief Clifford Bull commented,...
by Working Forest | Jul 6, 2016 | Archives
When Duz Cho Logging went into the sawmilling business, the First Nations company went old school, turning to bush mill technology to solve a modern-day problem. Instead of installing its modern high-production sawmill inside its building – a former finger-joint plant...
by Working Forest | Jul 6, 2016 | Archives
Global softwood lumber production is on pace to break the record set in 2015. That production is being driven in large part because the top 10 importing countries increased lumber imports during 2016’s first quarter. Global production is up 20% in the year’s first...
