by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2016 | Archives
The College of New Caledonia is getting $1 million to create a long-term industrial research chair in forest health, whose fact-findings could help the forestry industry. The school has collaborated with the regional forest industry in central BC to create the...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2016 | Archives
After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world’s largest reforestation program, converting a combined area nearly the size of New York and Pennsylvania back to forest. The government-backed effort, known as the...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2016 | Archives
A landmark ruling in 2004 by the Supreme Court of Canada paved the way for the Haida Nation and other aboriginal groups to gain control over resources on their ancestral lands. For the Haida, that meant the richly timbered Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2016 | Archives
The mayor of The Pas is offering a massive tax relief to the owners of a nearby paper mill in an effort to stave off a closure that could cripple the town’s economy. “We can’t just sort of sit back and see how things fall out, so we are going to take...
by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2016 | Archives
In 2012, I took a fateful trip to Cortes Island — a northern gulf island three ferry rides away from Vancouver — to document the Cortes community’s fight to fend off an impending logging operation by coastal timber giant Island Timberlands. Community members took us...
by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2016 | Archives
A prolonged commodities downturn has put a crimp on economic growth in the Thompson-Okanagan region, but there’s another, potentially greater challenge waiting in the woods. In its latest economic briefing, B.C. Central 1 Credit Union offers a bright overview of the...
