by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2020 | Archives
THE CANDIAN PRESS/ GLOBE & MAIL — The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada’s boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests. “We feel pretty confident these effects will persist,” said...
by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — When fire strikes the same place twice, northern forests may have a harder time bouncing back. Traditionally among forest experts, fires are often seen as regenerative — critical periods in an ecosystem that clear away debris and allow important...
by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Nova Scotia’s forestry transition team will spend $7 million on silviculture work and forest road building, a move Premier Stephen McNeil says should keep up to 300 people working in the woods as usual for the next year. According to the report...
by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2020 | Archives
THE GLOBE & MAIL — After weeks of warning of the pending end of its mill operations in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County, Northern Pulp now says it is committed to remaining in the province for the long term. In a statement Thursday, the mill’s parent company,...
by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2020 | Archives
VANCOUVER — Softree Technical Systems Inc. has announced the release of RoadEng Version 9. This updated version offers a variety of new features for planning cable harvesting operations.Cable harvest planning and analysis using RoadEng 9 can help determine...
by Working Forest | Jan 10, 2020 | Archives
FORT FRANCES — Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, announced Ontario is investing $83,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) in two community development projects in the Fort Frances-Rainy River region....
