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...
by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2016 | Archives
In the course of researching a forthcoming commentary on Canada’s trade policy for the good folks over at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), I stumbled upon a surprising and encouraging bit of data. I grouped Statistics Canada’s series on...
