by Working Forest | Sep 9, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
Ritchie Bros. has announced that its chief operating officer, Jim Kessler, will take on the additional role of president, effective immediately. “The president role will align our global revenue, services, operations, and critical support functions under Jim’s...
by Working Forest | Sep 2, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
CBC NEWS — A little over a year ago, the first protesters arrived at the Fairy Creek watershed in southern Vancouver Island to stop logging in the old-growth forest. Today, the blockade — which could soon become the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian...
by Working Forest | Aug 31, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
LEWISTON TRIBUNE — Western white pine, as a species, was known as king pine in the early 1900s because of its dominance on the landscape and the outsized role it played in the timber industry. And this particular tree was the biggest of the big, the largest...
by Working Forest | Aug 30, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
By Rob Keen, CEO of Forest Recovery Canada and Forests Ontario Vast, beautiful, healthy forests define Canada, making up 38 per cent of our land, but they are under attack. Wildfires engulf huge swaths of woodlands in British Columbia; smoke from similar...
by Working Forest | Aug 26, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, CNW Telbec – Cascades has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. The targets submitted are therefore in line with the methodology developed by the...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2021 | Archive Articles, Articles
CORRECTION: Editor’s Note: The Kaingora Forest in New Zealand is considered the largest man-made forest at 190,000 hectares. See more HERE: The Kaingaroa Forest, spanning 190,000 ha of plantable land, is one of the crown jewels of international...