by Working Forest | Apr 5, 2016 | Archives
Merritt’s Tolko lumber mill isn’t expecting to have to make any more job cuts due to a lower allowable annual cut (AAC) now in effect for the Merritt Timber Supply Area. Last November, Tolko laid off 29 full-time employees and curtailed their small log production in...
by Working Forest | Apr 5, 2016 | Archives
Officials are crossing their fingers in the hopes of harvesting less than half of their allowable cut from the Cheakamus Community Forest this spring. In April of 2009, the Lil’wat and Squamish First Nations and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) signed a...
by Working Forest | Apr 5, 2016 | Archives
Air Canada today announced it will participate in Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI), a three-year collaborative project with 14 stakeholder organizations to introduce 400,000 litres of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) into a shared fuel system...
by Working Forest | Apr 4, 2016 | Archives
Wood cost is the factor that often determines the competitiveness of a pulp manufacturing plant or region, because it is the largest cost component when producing wood pulp. During the past few years, this cost has varied between 45% and 70% of the total cash cost,...
by Working Forest | Apr 4, 2016 | Archives
Dramatically increased fines for a variety of wildfire-related violations went into effect Friday across B.C. The penalty for ignoring a fire restriction is now more than triple what it was a year ago, up to $1,100 from $345. Failing to properly put out a burning...
