by Working Forest | Feb 29, 2016 | Archives
An executive and two Pennsylvania cheese businesses her family controls pleaded guilty Friday to trying to pass off grated Swiss and mozzarella as parmesan and romano and adding more wood pulp to the products than the law allows. Michelle Myrter, 44, will receive...
by Working Forest | Feb 29, 2016 | Articles
In our Take This Job and Love It Series, WGXA News is highlighting unique and interesting jobs around Middle Georgia. Typically when people think of the Georgia Forestry Commission, he/she may think of rangers on the ground fighting fire but the Georgia Forestry...
by Working Forest | Feb 29, 2016 | Archives
A man is dead following what a forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” at one of its operations on northern Vancouver Island. TimberWest Forest Corp. spokeswoman Monica Bailey said an equipment operator was killed Friday afternoon at the company’s Bonanza Lake...
by Working Forest | Feb 29, 2016 | Archives
The province has announced a new forest society which will be supported by $85 million in government funding. The new Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. will focus its efforts on wildfire risk reduction and concentrate its activities on forest rehabilitation, habitat...
by Working Forest | Feb 26, 2016 | Archives
Surrey City Hall is working to get its tree canopy numbers to stop dropping in a new shade tree management plan. According to city numbers, the tree canopy — amount of tree visible from overhead — has shrunk 5% from 2001 to 2013, down to 28% of coverage. A report last...
