by Working Forest | Feb 19, 2016 | Archives
The Council of Forest Industries (COFI) congratulates the B.C. government’s tabling of its fourth consecutive balanced budget today. The budget provides critical funding to enhance forest management, rural development and long-term market access. “The government is...
by Working Forest | Feb 19, 2016 | Archives
Reaction has been mixed after the province eased several compliance items within Northern Pulp’s appeal of its industrial approval. The company followed the provinces’ decision on Feb. 8 by announcing on Feb. 9 that it notified the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia that it...
by Working Forest | Feb 19, 2016 | Archives
Poland’s environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe’s last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it’s to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
The Softwood Lumber Agreement negotiated by prime minister Stephen Harper’s new government in 2006 expired on Oct. 12, 2015, ending nine years of managed trade with the United States. Canadian exporters of softwood lumber now have free access to the U.S. market after...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
At least one western province plans to get the jump on the 2016 wildfire season by circling a date on the calendar. Alberta will officially start the season on March 1, a month earlier than usual. On that day, all burning activities in forested areas will require a...
