by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
The annual number of forest fires this year is the highest it’s been in a decade, according to the province’s forest fire prevention agency (SOPFEU). In Quebec, 192 fires burned more than two million square metres (two square kilometres) of forest since...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
The parking lot at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place is filled with large-scale forestry equipment this week. It’s part of an annual industry trade show and conference put on by the Interior Logging Association (I.L.A.). Organizers estimate attendance is up about 25 per cent...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
The news has gone from bad to worse for the city’s ash trees. Even many of the trees the city hopes save by injecting them with a pricey insecticide are dying. And it’s having trouble finding specimens that are healthy enough to be injected. The city aims...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
The managed forest initiative, established in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund China, is a multi-year plan that brings Apple closer to its goal of achieving net-zero impact on the world’s virgin fiber. As the world’s largest timber importer, China will...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
After seeking a renewal to their energy selling agreement with the provincial government for over a year in order to remain open, the Cochrane Power plant will be shut down if doesn’t get a new contract, or an extension to its current one, by midnight tonight....
