by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2015 | Archives
The story of climate change is closely tied to that of the carbon cycle. The increasing amounts of carbon dioxide hanging in our atmosphere — as opposed to being locked up in the world’s oceans, soils, and forests — are leading to broken heat records and...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2015 | Archives
When he was a boy, Marvin Yahey lived mostly off the land, hunting and trapping year-round with his family in the game-rich forests in northeastern British Columbia. But an explosion of resource development over the past three decades has so fractured the landscape...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2015 | Archives
University of B.C. scientists say they have discovered why a certain type of fungus is killing poplar trees. The researchers’ study, published this week in the The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the fungus, Mycosphaerella populorum, uses...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Vancouver architect Marie-Odile Marceau and the Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, designed by the firm Michael Green Architecture, were among the big winners at the 11th annual Wood WORKS B.C. Wood Design Awards, handed out in a ceremony this week at...
by Working Forest | Mar 6, 2015 | Archives
A worker in the Lakeland Mills sawmill described a marked difference in dealing with sawdust since the facility was rebuilt following the explosion nearly three years ago that killed two men and injured 20 others. In particular, Wayne Cleghorn said during Wednesday...
