by Working Forest | Feb 19, 2016 | Archives
Poland’s environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe’s last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it’s to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
The Softwood Lumber Agreement negotiated by prime minister Stephen Harper’s new government in 2006 expired on Oct. 12, 2015, ending nine years of managed trade with the United States. Canadian exporters of softwood lumber now have free access to the U.S. market after...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
At least one western province plans to get the jump on the 2016 wildfire season by circling a date on the calendar. Alberta will officially start the season on March 1, a month earlier than usual. On that day, all burning activities in forested areas will require a...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
Municipal leaders along with the agriculture and forestry sector have banded together to launch a bold new strategy called Growing Ontario to celebrate the innovation and contribution provided by the agriculture and forestry sectors to the economy of rural and...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
Forest companies appear to have controlled wood dust in their sawmills and pellet plants following deadly explosions in 2012, but WorkSafeBC continues to keep the pressure on to ensure safety. The province’s chief workplace safety agency began a series of inspections...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2016 | Archives
A Progressive Conservative MLA says he may rethink his support for the PC forestry plan he voted for in 2014 if there isn’t progress on a new mill in his riding. Jake Stewart says he’s concerned that construction on a new J.D. Irving Ltd. mill in Doaktown...
