by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
West Central Alberta has so far been able to manage the infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB), but many areas in Alberta were not as lucky. Approximately 8,000 trees have been controlled – harvested or burned – in the Rocky Mountain House and Calgary forest areas...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Public concerns about the use of herbicides in Nova Scotia’s forests appear to be growing, though the number of hectares approved for spraying in 2016 is on par with previous years. An online petition asking the province to retract its approvals for herbicide...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Frank Dottori knows he’s sticking his neck out a bit in picking up an idled and bankrupt Hornepayne lumber mill. With so much uncertainty looming this fall over the outcome of the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber talks, it may be a headscratcher as to why the semi-retired...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Even small children know trees are living beings, says Peter Wohlleben, despite the fact you can burn them up in a cozy log fire. An amiable forester and the author ofThe Hidden Life of Trees, a bestseller in his native Germany—a country where forests are sunk deeply...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
Canada and the United States are on the brink of yet another softwood lumber war, fuelled by a drastic jump in B.C. lumber exports to the U.S. and growing anti-trade sentiment. American sawmillers say they are ready to fire the first shot in what would be the fifth...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2016 | Archives
THE PAS — Several potential buyers are scoping out Tolko Industries. No one — from the company, the mayor of The Pas or Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Cliff Cullen — would identify those potential buyers Monday. Tolko said it has received preliminary inquiries...
