by Working Forest | Jun 18, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Port Alberni Mayor Mike Ruttan says the amount of raw logs leaving his city’s port is growing exponentially and he wants some answers. He adds one in seven raw logs leaving Canada is leaving from Port Alberni. “We get concerned because we think potentially those are...
by Working Forest | Jun 18, 2015 | Archives
Kenora Mayor Dave Canfield says it’s time the provincial and federal governments fought back against environmental groups opposed to forestry practices in northern Ontario and Quebec. Canfield, who heads the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, on Wednesday...
by Working Forest | Jun 17, 2015 | Archives
Frustrated by what they see as skewed news coverage of biomass, a coalition of forest industry groups is attacking media outlets, charging that reporters are giving free rein to environmentalists’ critiques of wood-fired power generation while ignoring evidence...
by Working Forest | Jun 17, 2015 | Archives
Only this goat stampede can prevent forest fires in California. Hundreds of the animals were filmed being released into the Berkeley Hills on Friday, reports KGO. They brought traffic to a standstill and kicked up clouds of dust as they scampered down a slope and...
by Working Forest | Jun 17, 2015 | Archives
High-rise buildings constructed from wood are having a bit of a moment. And that begs an important question: could the Empire State Building, the quintessential skyscraper, be built using wood? Finnish forestry company Metsä Wood teamed up with Canadian architect...
