by Working Forest | Mar 18, 2016 | Archives
J.D. Irving announces that Phase 2 of the modernization project at its Irving Pulp & Paper Mill in Saint John, New Brunswick is about 95% complete.The project is part of a $450 million modernization — the largest pulp mill investment in Canada since 1993. To...
by Working Forest | Mar 18, 2016 | Archives
Clyde McNichol, Art Petahtegoose and Barbara Ronson McNichol will take their concerns about logging in Benny Forest to the Superior Court of Justice in Sudbury on Friday at 10 a.m., to get an injunction to stop tree-cutting and spraying of defoliants. The three are...
by Working Forest | Mar 17, 2016 | Articles
Moving into the area of biomass energy doesn’t need to be a bewildering experience, a small audience of some 35 heard Tuesday at the Biomass Energy Forum. They heard how the Kluane First Nation is already using wood to provide district heating for some of its...
by Working Forest | Mar 17, 2016 | Archives
Forty years ago, Maine’s forests were devastated by a cyclical spruce budworm infestation that destroyed 25 million cords of white spruce and balsam fir trees. Forestry experts say another infestation is only a couple of years away, and while Maine is better prepared...
by Working Forest | Mar 17, 2016 | Articles
Forests are the lungs of our planet. They operate as vast reservoirs for capturing, storing, and releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, as well as providing oxygen. They also provide wildlife habitat, landscape stability, water storage and filtering, and...
