by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
Municipal leaders along with the agriculture and forestry sector have banded together to launch a bold new strategy called Growing Ontario to celebrate the innovation and contribution provided by the agriculture and forestry sectors to the economy of rural and...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
Forest companies appear to have controlled wood dust in their sawmills and pellet plants following deadly explosions in 2012, but WorkSafeBC continues to keep the pressure on to ensure safety. The province’s chief workplace safety agency began a series of inspections...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
A Progressive Conservative MLA says he may rethink his support for the PC forestry plan he voted for in 2014 if there isn’t progress on a new mill in his riding. Jake Stewart says he’s concerned that construction on a new J.D. Irving Ltd. mill in Doaktown...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Articles
There may be a secret ingredient in your Parmesan cheese: wood. A recent Bloomberg News investigation has found that certain cheeses have more of it than they probably should. The additive is apparently used to prevent clumping, something that can also be avoided with...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
Using prescribed burns to slow the spread of the mountain pine beetle is an expensive method that likely won’t work, according to at least one scientist who’s studied the beetle for the past 20 years. Diana Six, a professor of forest entomology and pathology at the...
