by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2015 | Archives
An audit of forest licence A70026, held by Lowell A. Johnson Consultants Ltd., found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today. Planning and forestry activities on the licence were conducted by Canfor Ltd. on behalf of Lowell A....
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2015 | Archives
Bill Stephen, tree expert with City of Vancouver’s urban forest strategy team, wants to show me how hard it is to take care of trees in the city’s downtown core. We meet at the corner of Carrall and Water streets in bustling Gastown and Stephen points to a beautiful...
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2015 | Archives
A new Sierra Club map of B.C.’s southern coastal rainforest shows why the Walbran rainforest on Vancouver Island matters, and what we stand to lose for species, carbon and beauty, if the proposed logging goes ahead. A few weeks ago, the B.C. government issued the...
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2015 | Archives
The moose cull in Cape Breton Highlands National Park remained suspended Thursday for safety reasons, one day after protesters confronted Mi’kmaq hunters in the woods on North Mountain. Parks Canada said in an email statement late Thursday the moose harvest is...
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2015 | Archives
A select group of Ontario’s leading architects, engineers, and project teams received Wood Design Awards at the 15th annual Wood WORKS! celebration in Toronto tonight. The awards program recognizes people and organizations that, through design excellence, advocacy,...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
A deal has been reached that could see ownership of Wildwood Ecoforest in Cedar transferred from the Land Conservancy of B.C. to the Ecoforestry Institute Society. The non-profit conservancy holds the 31-hectare forested site in trust, but wants to sell due to...
