by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2016 | Archives
French Creek is suffering from 100 years of logging and other human impact, which The Friends of French Creek Conservation Society has been working to counteract. “It’s a very sick creek,” said Robin Robinson, of the group which is being recognized...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2016 | Archives
Nelson Hydro will hold an open house in the early fall to update the public on the progress of itsplans to heat selected public buildings in Nelson using heat created by burning lumber mill waste. Fiona Galbraith, a local consultant for Nelson Hydro, says the project...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2016 | Archives
Almost like Lazarus rising from the dead, a new St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church is emerging on the same footprint in northwest Brampton, Ont. as the first church that was destroyed by fire in 2014. “The fire was heartbreaking. But we made the decision to...
by Working Forest | Aug 2, 2016 | Archives
Life can be nasty, brutish and short for Edmonton’s street trees, stuck growing in small tree pits between a sidewalk and a heavily-compacted road. Starved of space to spread their roots, 85 trees on 124 Street died in the past three years alone, 40 per cent of the...
by Working Forest | Aug 2, 2016 | Archives
Research suggests pine trees with strong natural defences are their own worst enemy when it comes to the destructive mountain pine beetle. Although the sap produced by the lodgepole pine is toxic to the beetles, the smell of the sap can attract large numbers of the...
by Working Forest | Aug 2, 2016 | Archives
The City of Regina destroyed three trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease so far this summer. The elms were in the Wood Meadows neighbourhood in Regina’s east end. The infected trees were all within a block of each other. Russel Eirich, the manager of forestry,...
