by Working Forest | Jun 8, 2015 | Archives
Pine beetles that killed large swaths of Okanagan forest five years ago may be down, but they’re not out. The pest has infested hundreds of trees made vulnerable by the Trepanier Creek fire near Peachland in 2012. Crews felled about 400 pines along the four-kilometre...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
When I first became involved in forestry in the 1980s there was a debate over choosing a younger harvest age which would maximize fibre production rather than produce larger dimension more valuable lumber from older forests. The rapid growth rates of young forests ...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
Even the newest residents of Squamish likely have a sense that the forest industry is a large part of Squamish’s past, but what does it mean to Squamish today? The Squamish Chief sat down with Jeff Fisher, president and forestry manager of Sqomish Forestry LP, to talk...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
Northern Pulp has fired one its senior managers after he confronted the mayor of New Glasgow at a charity event on the weekend. “I was fired not about incompetence or something I did in the mill. I was fired because I voiced my opinion and expressed myself to...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
At first glance, it looks like a wooden castle is going up in downtown Sudbury. Crews at the site of the new 54,000 square foot Laurentian University School of Architecture building have been pouring concrete and installing rebar in the way you might expect at a...
