by Working Forest | Jun 30, 2016 | Archives
Lignin is a natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that surrounds each cell and plays a pivotal role in plants’ ability to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from stubbly grasses to the sky-scraping splendor of redwoods. But lignin is...
by Working Forest | Jun 30, 2016 | Archives
Nearly 300 firefighters from South Africa who came to Canada last month to help fight the massive forest fire in the Fort McMurray area have been paid according to Alberta labour laws, the government said Wednesday. Officials with the South African agency Working on...
by Working Forest | Jun 30, 2016 | Archives
A 600 year-old white oak tree, believed to be the oldest of its kind in the world, is showing signs of age and is worrying local residents. The tree is located beside a church built in 1717, where it has stood for 300 years before that. English evangelists James...
by Working Forest | Jun 29, 2016 | Archives
When Greg Mancuso got tired of working his regular desk job at Folklore Reforestation, he pestered his boss for a change of scenery. Shortly after, he got what he asked for: a 12-day gig setting large piles of branches, logs and tree tops ablaze. The job gave him some...
by Working Forest | Jun 29, 2016 | Archives
Deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Clemson University forestry students are hard at work. As they trek up Whiteside Mountain, they collect an array of plant and tree species while identifying topographical traits of the area. The students were...
by Working Forest | Jun 29, 2016 | Archives
Eikichi Kagetsu dined with royalty, built up a logging empire in British Columbia, employed hundreds of people and established himself as a leader in the Japanese Canadian community.All that was taken away during the Second World War, when the federal government’s...
