by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
In September 2008, when thousands of riled-up Republicans filed into the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., for the party’s national convention, the upcoming election wasn’t the only thing on their minds. Oil had soared to US$145 a barrel just months earlier,...
by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
Avatar, the future-fantasy blockbuster that beat Titanic as all-time Hollywood box office champ, has finally been unseated by the latest Star Wars space opera. I watched Avatar on TV over the holidays for the first time since its 2009 release, and was able to see past...
by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
Forwarders and harvesters are among the common giants in the woods around any commercial logging operation, but one Upper Peninsula man – though practicing on a smaller scale – has help from a whole different type of giant: his Belgian draft horses....
by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
American Wood Council says the International Code Council (ICC) Board of Directors approval of the formation of a Tall Wood Ad Hoc Committee. The committee will be made up of stakeholders, code officials and other interested parties. The committee will study tall wood...
by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
Choose To Save Lives – Actively Participate in a Safety Culture Plans are well underway for the 2016 Interior Safety Conference. Building on the success of the Northern BC Forest Safety Conference, the forest industry is working to build a similar event in the BC’s...
