by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
One of the largest tree-planting exercises in B.C. history is in jeopardy due to drought. Many in the know are worried because the newly planted trees — roughly the size of two toothpaste tubes stacked together — are vulnerable to the parched conditions. This year’s...
by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archives
Canada’s softwood lumber trade agreement with the U.S. expires one week before the Oct. 19 federal election, yet almost no one seems to be talking this long-contentious issue. We ignore it at Western Canada’s peril. Not having a softwood lumber agreement leaves Canada...
by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archives
A new Yale-led study estimates that there are more than 3 trillion trees on Earth, about seven and a half times more than some previous estimates. But the total number of trees has plummeted by roughly 46 percent since the start of human civilization, the study...
by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archives
The BC Interior Forestry Museum is putting on an outdoor movie night series starting this Friday, September 4. The four-movie series looks at all aspects of the forest industry and forest ecology, from firefighting to tree planting. “It is clear Revelstoke cares about...
by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archives
A search is underway at UBC for tree seedlings with the DNA to thrive under rapidly changing conditions, with the aim of better preparing B.C.’s forests to withstand climate change. B.C. experienced the driest summer on record this year, and experts say loose...
