by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
Re: “Walbran plans balance green, economic values,” Sept. 23. Instead of showcasing his involvement with land-use planning more than 30 years ago, the Coast Forest Products Association’s Rick Jeffery would have been more obliging if he had told readers what has...
by Working Forest | Sep 25, 2015 | Archives
The amount of timber harvested in the Kamloops region will not significantly decline for at least a decade under a scenario presented to the province’s chief forester. An analysis presented by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations shows a...
by Working Forest | Sep 25, 2015 | Archives
The Truck Loggers Association hosted 32 civic leaders from BC’s coastal communities on Tuesday evening to discuss UBCM Resolution B36 Re-Examine Log Export Policy and how the BC coastal forest industry supports their communities. “We were able to address some of the...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
More than ever, Canadians are torn between real hopes and false choices for the environment and the economy. Some argue Canada would be none the worse off by letting go of resource exports, particularly petroleum and coal. A few leading backers of this view want to...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
The forest industry upheld its end of the bargain in Vancouver Island’s Walbran forest – and now must be wondering if the environmental movement can do the same There is a fascinating irony to British Columbia’s often polarized discussions in the so-called...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
Plans to harvest timber in the Walbran Valley are part of an intensive, collaborative process. The Commission of Resources and Environment Vancouver Island land-use planning process that took place in the early 1990s was a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder process. It...
