by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
To University of B.C. forestry professor Stephen Sheppard, the freak windstorm that hit Metro Vancouver in August, downing thousands of trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people, is a stark reminder of the increasing challenges facing managers of...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
Re: “Walbran plans balance green, economic values,” Sept. 23. Instead of showcasing his involvement with land-use planning more than 30 years ago, the Coast Forest Products Association’s Rick Jeffery would have been more obliging if he had told readers what has...
by Working Forest | Sep 25, 2015 | Archives
The amount of timber harvested in the Kamloops region will not significantly decline for at least a decade under a scenario presented to the province’s chief forester. An analysis presented by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations shows a...
by Working Forest | Sep 25, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Structural Timber Innovation Company Ltd. (STIC) and Prestressed Timber Ltd. (PTL), which will allow FPInnovations to acquire North American rights to their post tensioning technology for timber building systems. Under the agreement, FPInnovations will obtain rights...
by Working Forest | Sep 25, 2015 | Archives
The Truck Loggers Association hosted 32 civic leaders from BC’s coastal communities on Tuesday evening to discuss UBCM Resolution B36 Re-Examine Log Export Policy and how the BC coastal forest industry supports their communities. “We were able to address some of the...
