by Working Forest | Jul 23, 2015 | Archives
In just 24 hours, 115 new wildfires have flared up across B.C. — most of them in the Kamloops area and the southeast part of the province. “Lightning was a huge driver of increased fire activity yesterday and that would be from the lightning activity we saw...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
Two weeks ago, Todd Paglia, executive director of U.S.-based radical environmental organization ForestEthics, sent a letter of warning to Richard Garneau, CEO of Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products. Paglia declared that he was effectively banishing Resolute, a...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
There were a few months early in 2015 when the U.S. housing market didn’t look so great. That dragged down a wide range of stocks, but the data has picked up since then, making housing an attractive opportunity for investors seeking value in the U.S. equity market....
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
A staff scientist at Science North isn’t sure if there will be a spruce budworm infestation next year, but says we’re due. Recent predictions of a moderate to severe infestation in northern Ontario may not materialize, Jenny Fortier said. The spruce...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
Forester Milton Davies spent an exasperating summer watching road contractors slice the roots of American elms on the boulevards throughout his neighbourhood of Queen Alexandra. Buttress roots holding up 15-metre-tall, 10-tonne trees have been cut and left bare,...
