by Working Forest | Mar 22, 2016 | Archives
Lumberjack simulator Forestry 2017 is coming to PC and consoles. The PC version of the game is out on March 25, although simulator fans on console will have to wait a few more weeks to get their hands on a digital chainsaw. The game is, as you might imagine, about...
by Working Forest | Mar 21, 2016 | Archives
A paper mill in Maine is closing down this spring, to the potential benefit of its rival, the heavily subsidized Port Hawkesbury Paper mill in Point Tupper.Nova Scotia ratepayers who think this contraction in the North American market for high-end paper has nothing to...
by Working Forest | Mar 21, 2016 | Archives
China’s sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China’s forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent...
by Working Forest | Mar 21, 2016 | Archives
Three wildfires have already occurred in the Edson Forest Area since March 1. The three wildfires, causes unknown, arising from outdoor burning, were all less than one hectare, said Area Information Coordinator Joan Simonton, a forestry official with Agriculture and...
by Working Forest | Mar 21, 2016 | Archives
Premier Christy Clark’s vow to push work at the $9-billion Site C dam “past the point of no return” may be music to the ears of some construction contractors, but not to all pulp and paper firms. In a great irony, as the costs soar into the billions to build...
