by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
A forest fire burning 68 kilometres northwest of Kenora is threatening two lodges, and is very close to the Caribou Falls hydroelectric dam on the English River. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry estimates Kenora fire #005 to be at about 200 hectares....
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
The B.C. government is distributing more than $1.7 million in grant money to help control the spread of invasive plant species around the province. The money will be divvied up into 29 grants and given to regional invasive species committees, local governments and the...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The NAWLA Toronto regional meeting will feature two expert speakers for this afternoon event. Peter Brown, Deloitte Peter E. Brown is a Senior Practice Partner at Deloitte Canada, with 30 years’ experience serving public and private clients in Canada and...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Apple is partnering with an environmental nonprofit to purchase roughly 36,000 acres of private forestland, which will be sustainably harvested and used in Apple’s packaging. The land — two tracts in Maine and North Carolina that, combined, are roughly two and a half...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
A pair of trumpeter swans has returned to Kangienos Lake in the Ghost Valley, raising residents’ hopes that the birds will halt the logging planned in the immediate area. The large birds, which are a species of special concern in Alberta, returned earlier this month...
