by Working Forest | Jun 3, 2016 | Archives
The planting of the billionth tree in the Prince George Natural Resource District was celebrated Thursday at the Central British Columbia Railway and Forestry Museum. That was where dignitaries planted a spruce tree to mark the milestone. The number dates from when...
by Working Forest | Jun 2, 2016 | Archives
The RICO suit alleges Greenpeace is a ‘fraud’ that has ‘duped’ donors. All too often, corporations, concerned about the potential damage to their bottom lines from any “controversy,” kowtow to media-savvy radical environmentalists. Thus the lawsuit brought three years...
by Working Forest | Jun 2, 2016 | Archives
Upper Clearwater residents might disagree about the Upper Clearwater Hall but they seem to be more in agreement about their unhappiness with Canfor’s plans to log in the area. More than 30 residents of the area met in the Black Horse Saloon at Wells Gray Ranch...
by Working Forest | Jun 2, 2016 | Archives
Hornepayne Mayor Morley Forster said he hopes his town’s idled lumber mill won’t go the way of the wrecking ball like some other recession-ravaged Northern Ontario forestry mills have done. “My concern at the moment is that some raider will come in and scrap it,”...
by Working Forest | Jun 2, 2016 | Archives
Softwood lumber agreements between Canada and the United States have come and gone, but one thing should remain the same, says the MP for Cumberland-Colchester. “The softwood lumber industry in Atlantic Canada is different from the industry in the rest of Canada, and...