by Working Forest | May 19, 2015 | Archives
People throughout western Washington are all about spending time outdoors for recreation, but what about taking education outside? Forest schools are doing just that: breaking down the walls of the classroom and teaching kids outdoors. The concept is challenging...
by Working Forest | May 19, 2015 | Archives
Crews started work this week on a prescribed fire in the Dormer River Valley in Banff National Park to restore the grasslands in the area. On Thursday, about 30 firefighters from Parks Canada and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development went into the...
by Working Forest | May 19, 2015 | Archives
A large fire raging in British Columbia’s Central Interior has grown dramatically over a 24-hour period, reversing some of the progress achieved by crews struggling to contain the aggressive blaze. The Little Bobtail Lake fire southwest of Prince George has...
by Working Forest | May 19, 2015 | Archives
A massive wildfire in northern B.C. shows that the province’s forests are increasingly primed for such blazes because of climate change and the El Nino weather pattern, an expert says. The 240-square-kilometre fire, first reported late Friday on May 8 near Little...
by Working Forest | May 15, 2015 | Archives
Resource development in B.C. isn’t stalled, as many appear to fear, but rather is proceeding at a historic pace, according to a new report from Resource Works, a business funded, Vancouver-based think-tank that focuses on economic and environmental issues. And,...
