by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
BC — As a result of the final phase of the logging contractor sustainability review, the ministry will amend the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation to make forest-sector contractors and licensees more sustainable and competitive in the long...
by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
YAKIMA, Wash. — As wildfires continue to increase throughout Washington state, so does the sense of urgency to prevent and control them. According to a report in the Yakima Herald, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz unveiled a strategic 10-year fire...
by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
To create and support good jobs in British Columbia’s coastal forest sector, government is making policy changes to increase the processing of B.C. logs on the coast and to reduce wood waste by redirecting it to B.C.’s pulp and paper mills. The changes, as part of the...
by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
In the future, it will be possible to control a paper machine, for example, on the basis of its carbon footprint. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing a software tool for online life cycle assessment that offers information to the operators of...
by Working Forest | Jan 24, 2019 | Archives
Applied forest genetics – where do we want to be in 2049? The organizing committee has announced the 2019 Canadian Forest Genetics Association meeting will be held in Lac Delage, Quebec City, from August 19 to 23, 2019. Three satellite activities will be integrated...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2019 | Archives
The organizing committee of the Montréal Wood Convention has announced that the Canadian Football League (CFL) legend Michael “Pinball” Clemons will be the keynote speaker during the lunch on March 20th. Few people exemplify the qualities of personal...
