by Working Forest | Aug 27, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
If the Quebec government further restricts logging activities in order to protect caribou, 2,931 jobs and $367 million of economic activity are threatened, according to an Economic Note published today by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI). The new boreal caribou...
by Working Forest | Aug 27, 2015 | Archives
Planting trees is back-breaking, repetitive work — but if two University of Victoria students have their way, robots will assist tree planters in the future. Third-year electrical engineering students Nick Birch and Tyler Rhodes have developed a prototype robot that...
by Working Forest | Aug 27, 2015 | Archives
Conifex Timber Inc. CEO Ken Shields’ rationale for his company’s decision to spend US$21 million to buy a mothballed Arkansas sawmill sounds like a wake up call to a British Columbia forestry sector grappling with mounting challenges. “The U.S. south has overtaken the...
by Working Forest | Aug 26, 2015 | Archives
A Sault Ste. Marie pest management firm received federal funding to search for the next generation of organic tree pesticides. BioForest Technologies and company president Joe Meating want to dive deep into tree chemistry with an eye on producing new pest control...
by Working Forest | Aug 26, 2015 | Archives
A forestry workers union head said there’s a plethora of well-paying mill jobs to be had in northwestern Ontario, but many employers are struggling to find skilled jobs to fill them. “We’re hearing it all across the district that there’s definitely a lack of qualified...
