by Working Forest | Mar 13, 2015 | Archives
A recent (2014) and very detailed report provides the current status of forest biomass policy in Canada. According to the authors, B.C.’s harvest in 2009 was about 48 million cubic metres and covered an area of 122,620 hectares. It was estimated that we had the...
by Working Forest | Mar 13, 2015 | Archives
An annual major maintenance shutdown at Zellstoff Celgar will start Saturday at 6:30 p.m. According to a statement issued by the pulp mill, the critical job for this shutdown is the inspection and repair of the recovery boiler, which recovers spent cooking liquor and...
by Working Forest | Mar 12, 2015 | Archives
It was a trip to the washroom that likely saved his life. Wayne Cleghorn went to the basement washroom moments before the April 23, 2012 explosion and fire that destroyed Lakeland Mills’ sawmill, killing Glenn Roche and Alan Little and injuring 22 others. “It’s very...
by Working Forest | Mar 12, 2015 | Archives
Heavy snow has made things difficult, but area maple producers remain confident as they head into their production season “There’s a lot of snow down, that’s for sure, but we expect to begin boiling later this week,” Don Donkin said Tuesday. “The snow has made...
by Working Forest | Mar 12, 2015 | Archives
The largest sawmill in the province says it has only enough hardwood supply to keep working for another week. Forty-five people work at the mill in Westville, Pictou County, owned by Groupe Savoie based in northern New Brunswick. Mill manager Andrew Watters says the...
by Working Forest | Mar 12, 2015 | Archives
Tucked away in the rolling hills of northern Michigan a once-dilapidated warehouse in the town of Copemish now brims with thousands of tiny saplings. But these trees are not as young as their sizes would suggest. A nonprofit, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, has cloned...
