by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
More than four years after a Cherryville landslide almost destroyed a home, provincial documents that shed light on the cause of the slide have been made public. The reports backup what locals have feared all along – an upslope logging project helped trigger the...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Cherryville residents are reigniting calls for restricted logging activities on the hills above them after viewing details into a landslide. Freedom of Information requests have led to the Ministry of Forests releasing investigation and geotechnical reports into a...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
UBC is partnering with a BC company to turn soil contaminants into household products. As part of the partnership, UBC Okanagan chemist Susan Murch will work with Passive Remediation Systems Ltd. (PRS) to find ways to pull natural and industrial chemicals out of...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
There were ten new forest fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon, Aug. 4. Algonquin Park 16 is under control at 0.1 of a hectare Bancroft 21 is not under control at 0.3 of a hectare Chapleau 12 is not under control at 0.1 of a hectare North Bay 3 is under...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Portland, must sometimes feel that old issues never die, they simply fade into the background for a time. Thus, this week he urged negotiators to come up with a trade agreement that will slow the influx of Canadian wood to the U.S. It’s a...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Oregon jobs are at risk from subsidized Canadian lumber. Unless we can find a solution in the coming months to address Canadian government policies that give Canadian mills a regular supply of logs at below-market rates, thousands of jobs could be lost. Sen. Ron Wyden...
