by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
If a moose falls in the forest, does anybody know? Based on a major five-year provincial study underway in the central Interior, biologists not only know but fly out on helicopters as soon as possible to determine cause of death. There are 175 moose fitted with...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
When you hear the word “boom” in the West, you usually think of the energy industry, but in the last 15 years, a timber boom has taken over. Thanks to the mountain pine beetle, a tiny ravenous bug that’s now chomped its way through over 40 million acres of forest in...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
A timber company has reached an 11th-hour, out-of-court settlement with a cattle rancher who claims that salvage logging of beetle-killed forests seriously altered the hydrology of his Chilcotin farmland. Randy Saugstad said Thursday that he considers the settlement...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
Softwood lumber exports were 5-8% higher in Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries in 2014, but lumber prices fell toward year’s end on a strengthening U.S. dollar and weaker wood markets in Europe and Asia. Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
In addition retired MNR forester Ron Waito’s comments on the decline of moose populations here in the Northwest (Moose Decline Follows That of Forest Industry — CJ, April 21), I would like to add a little more detail on the management of our forests over the last four...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
Ontario is investing in forest roads which connect industry to Ontario’s natural resources, supporting local communities by growing the economy and creating jobs in the forestry, mining and tourism sectors. As part of the largest infrastructure investment in...
