by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
When Jonathan “Scooter” Clark began planting trees for a living in 1990, his work camp was “bush league” at best. By comparison, the modern-day tree planters seem like a spoiled bunch. “We had two station wagons in our first camp, and a...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of China—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program—is the biggest tree planting...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
James (Jim) D. Irving was invested in the Order of Canada in Ottawa today. Irving was one of 38 members, 10 officers and two companions recognized by Governor General David Johnston in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Irving was cited for outstanding business and community...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
While the City of Calgary is working double-time to get through even a portion of the damaged trees from ‘Snowtember’, individual Calgarians also have a lot of work left to do. Tree Canada has sent representatives to Calgary’s Disaster Alley on Saturday, to announce...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
The annual number of forest fires this year is the highest it’s been in a decade, according to the province’s forest fire prevention agency (SOPFEU). In Quebec, 192 fires burned more than two million square metres (two square kilometres) of forest since...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
The parking lot at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place is filled with large-scale forestry equipment this week. It’s part of an annual industry trade show and conference put on by the Interior Logging Association (I.L.A.). Organizers estimate attendance is up about 25 per cent...
