by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
35,000 Ecuadoreans will volunteer to plant over 350,000 tree seeds on 16 May, breaking a Guinness World Record in the process. Seeds will be planted across the country, in a massive reforestation effort confirmed as unprecedented by Carlos Martinez, director of the...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Blight has made the American chestnut, once “the dominant tree in the canopy,” a rare sight in the forests of the East. Now some researchers hope to save the tree by giving it a last-ditch genetic modification, reports David Biello for Scientific...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
Effective immediately, the Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence in British Colombia has been placed under notice for pending cancellation by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The cancellation of the licence is scheduled to take place on Aug....
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
Resolute Forest Products (NYSE:RFP)’s share pricetraded down 12.4% during trading on Thursday following a dissappointing earnings announcement, American Banking and Market News reports. The stock traded as low as $12.87 and last traded at $13.23, with a volume of...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
When Jonathan “Scooter” Clark began planting trees for a living in 1990, his work camp was “bush league” at best. By comparison, the modern-day tree planters seem like a spoiled bunch. “We had two station wagons in our first camp, and a...
