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...
by Working Forest | Mar 17, 2016 | Archives
B.C.’s newest Class A provincial park is an 11,000-hectare expanse of the world’s only inland temperate rainforest east of Prince George. Called the Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Wudujut, the region is being added to B.C.’s parks by legislation...
by Working Forest | Mar 16, 2016 | Archives
A new B.C. park will protect an ancient cedar forest believed to be the only inland temperate rainforest in the world. The northern park. known as the Ancient Forest, contains 1,000 year old trees as large as 16 metres around as well as rare lichens and mosses....
