by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Four years ago, Aurora Wood Pellets Ltd. began the development of a 200,000-metric-ton pellet plant in the Northwest Territories of Canada. With two Forestry Management Agreements in hand, CEO Brad Mapes hopes to purchase the site’s land this month. Mapes attributes...
by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Forestry ministers and industry leaders from across Canada will be discussing innovation and sustainability during meetings this week in Kenora and Thunder Bay. Federal Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford will host provincial and territorial forest ministers,...
by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
A mass of unusually warm water in the northeast Pacific, christened the “warm blob” by researchers, is being partially blamed for British Columbia’s forest fires, California’s drought and an unusually active hurricane season. As it wreaks...
by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Holly Chandler booked a holiday in Whistler and she got Beijing instead. That’s how the Toronto realtor compared the air quality Tuesday as Whistler village choked on smoke drifting in from the Elaho and Boulder Creek forest fires. “It’s like Beijing,” she said in an...
by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Saskatoon firefighter Lieutenant Bruce Siemens is seeing and feeling the forest fires at close range in La Ronge. “It’s amazing how you can drive by an area that’s completely green,” he said, “and you’re forced out five minutes...
