by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
The 2015 wildfire season was one of the busiest on record, Alberta Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier says. “There was not a lot of snowpack through the winter, so we had a particularly dry spring. and especially in the spring and summer, there was not a lot of rain,...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
Forestry had a good showing at the 7th Annual BC Aboriginal Business Awards last month which is good news for the whole sector. Lincoln Douglas accepted the Business of the Year – 10 or more person enterprise award for his company, K & L Contracting/Links...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
The Canfor Mill as Canal Flats officially closes its doors Monday said the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in a media release. As of Monday (November 9), after over a 100 years of sawmill operation in or around Canal Flats that history has come to an end. “This has...
by Working Forest | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives
Quesnel City Council is lobbying B.C. Premier Christy Clark on behalf of the community’s forest sector. Council approved Mayor Bob Simpson’s letter to the premier this week in support of an 18 month old request by West Fraser for PST relief for Quesnel River Pulp and...
by Working Forest | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives
Tree harvesting will begin next week as part of the forest management plan at Crescent Lake. Town Councilor Dawn Miceli said planning took several years but the first phase is ready to begin. The UCONN College of Agriculture and Natural Resources developed the plan....
by Working Forest | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives
A group of mills is about to get access to a large area of forested Crown land in Queens, Shelburne, Digby and Yarmouth counties. The parcel is 566,600 hectares — roughly the same size as Prince Edward Island — and basically represents all the Crown land west...
