by Working Forest | Apr 13, 2016 | Archives
Conifex Timber Inc. announced today that it has completed a timber harvesting cooperation agreement with Dunkley Lumber Ltd. (“Dunkley”) to conduct coordinated joint timber harvesting operations on certain portions of Conifex’s harvesting areas in...
by Working Forest | Apr 12, 2016 | Archives
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are accelerating the growth of B.C.’s forests by one to three per cent a year, enough to cancel out the impact on the climate from the mountain pine beetle outbreak by 2020, according to a new study from the Pacific...
by Working Forest | Apr 12, 2016 | Archives
B.C.’s focus on heavy timber and mass wood construction is reshaping the construction industry, creating a new type of construction expertise, while also showing the private sector that mid and highrise wood structures can make economic sense. “Since the...
by Working Forest | Apr 12, 2016 | Archives
Changing the Point Tupper biomass generating facility’s must-run status won’t affect employment there and will benefit the province’s ratepayers, a Nova Scotia Power official says. Sasha Irving, vice-president of communications and public affairs, said in an interview...
by Working Forest | Apr 11, 2016 | Archives
The mountain pine beetle has had a huge impact on B.C.’s forest industry, but it’s not the only issue facing the industry. The Council of Forest Industries held its annual general meeting in Kelowna this week. One of the issues discussed was how the...
