by Working Forest | Oct 19, 2015 | Archives
Results of a new survey show the grizzly bear population in western Alberta is making a strong recovery. The number of bears in the Foothills east of Banff and Jasper National parks has doubled over the past decade, the study by fRI Research found. Between 2004 and...
by Working Forest | Oct 19, 2015 | Archives
Manitoba is moving forward with a 10-year boreal woodland caribou recovery strategy to create an environment where herds can thrive, the provincial government announced on Thursday. The strategy’s key goals are to maintain self-sustaining local populations and...
by Working Forest | Oct 16, 2015 | Archives
B.C.’s International Trade Minister Teresa Wat says she’s disappointed with a decision by U.S. officials to impose costly duties on a paper product produced by four Canadian paper mills, including B.C.’s Catalyst Paper. The U.S. Department of...
by Working Forest | Oct 16, 2015 | Archives
This interesting building is actually the winning entry into the so-called Finlandia Prize for Architecture, which is organized in Finland. The building is called Puukuokka and was designed by the OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture and build out of...
by Working Forest | Oct 15, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
West Fraser has entered into an agreement to acquire Manning Diversified Forest Products Ltd. which has sawmill operations located in Manning, Alberta and related timber harvesting rights, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The...