by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2016 | Archives
A new report released by the Partners In Flight coalition contains a shocking statistic — there are a billion and a half fewer birds now on the North American continent then there was in 1970. That’s a loss like we are used to hearing about from distant...
by Working Forest | Sep 20, 2016 | Archives
Two community forest licences held by the Tumbler Ridge Community Forest Corp. and Little Prairie Community Forest Inc. will be audited, starting Sept. 26, 2016. The auditors will examine all operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and wildfire...
by Working Forest | Sep 20, 2016 | Archives
Loggers arriving at cut block A87125 in the forest above Roberts Creek Monday morning were greeted by a flaming log blockade across the access road. The fiery obstacle is the latest salvo in a confrontation that has been simmering since Peninsula Logging won a B.C....
by Working Forest | Sep 20, 2016 | Archives
By Jim Harpell After attending the “Forestry Information” meeting put on by Forestry NS recently at the Best Western Glengarry, one can be forgiven for feeling this was simply a snow job to sell the idea of spraying with glyphosate. It is obvious this was...
by Working Forest | Sep 20, 2016 | Archives
New Brunswick may see softwood species such as balsam fir and black spruce disappear from the province’s forests over the next 80 years or so, says a forestry professor. University of New Brunswick forestry professor Charles Bourque has written and tested...
by Working Forest | Sep 20, 2016 | Archives
International Trade Minister for Canada, Chrystia Freeland,says that it might not be possible for a deal to be struck between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to softwood-lumber. According to an article in the Globe and Mail, Freeland knows that a deal might not be...
