by Working Forest | Jun 29, 2016 | Archives
Released today, the 2016 SFI Progress Report –Linking Future Forests to Communities – tells the story of how responsible forestry is helping improve our shared quality of life. The 400 different conservation and research projects reported by SFI Program Participants...
by Working Forest | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives
The United Kingdom power is British Columbia’s biggest buyer of wood-pellet biofuels and Thursday’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union just made the province a more expensive place for them to do business. The value of the pound plummeted by seven per cent...
by Working Forest | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives
One of the most endangered lichens in the world is a canary in the coal mine for human-caused environmental impacts, according to a Nova Scotia scientist. “So many activities that humans do on the landscape this thing is sensitive to. I think that the decline in...
by Working Forest | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives
The provincial government’s grand strategy for revitalizing the coastal forest industry, upon which many communities outside Metro Vancouver are heavily dependent, is adrift and in the doldrums. At least, that appears to be the view of mayors from 27 coastal forestry...
by Working Forest | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives
Over 800 trees from Prince Edward Island are putting their roots down in Fort McMurray soil. Veseys Seeds in York, P.E.I. donated the trees, as well as 375 hedging plants and 10 vines to help grow back what was lost in the wildfires. The donation, valued over $13,000,...
by Working Forest | Jun 27, 2016 | Archives
On Friday, at an event that was held at the Okanagan Falls Structurlam, a manufacturer of cross laminated timber, plant, the Penticton Lakeside Resort announced that a group of business partners are interested in building what would be the tallest wood building in the...
