by Working Forest | Oct 24, 2016 | Archives
The one-year standstill period for the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between Canada and the USA which expired in October 2015 ended on 12 October, without Canada and the USA having been able to agree so far on a follow-up agreement. According to statements made by...
by Working Forest | Oct 24, 2016 | Archives
(Quebec) prefect of the regional county municipality (RCM) Etchemins and mayor of Lac-Etchemin, Harold Gagnon still fresh in memory the last round – that of 2002-2006 – between Canada and the United States timber. “We lost 1,000 jobs. Yes, 1,000 jobs! For MRC of just...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
To read Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees is to discover a secret world that you never knew existed in the forest. You’ll learn how fungi acts as the Internet of the woods to communicate signals between trees and other plant life, mother trees...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
Vancouver Island’s rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on the planet — temperate rainforests have never occupied more than 0.5 per cent of the earth’s land surface. They are also among its richest — they have been home to First Nations for time immemorial, and...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
An audit of Canfor’s Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 14, south of Golden, found compliance with British Columbia’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today. “Canfor complied with requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act,” said...
by Working Forest | Oct 21, 2016 | Archives
Colin Richardson has fished along the Skidegate Channel in Haida Gwaii all his life. As a child, he worked as a deckhand on his father’s commercial fishing-boat, trolling for halibut and salmon. The popular channel connects the Pacific Ocean to Hecate Strait and...
