by Working Forest | May 10, 2016 | Articles
Whipped up by wind and fuelled by tinder dry conditions, the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., grew to about 1,000 square kilometres on Friday. An expert said it’s a dangerous fire because of its location, not necessarily because of its size. “Let’s...
by Working Forest | May 10, 2016 | Articles
The province’s chief forester has elected to smooth out the annual allowable cut in the Kamloops timber supply area by dropping it more rapidly than an earlier proposed base case. Diane Nicholls, chief forester, said the beetle epidemic in the region and salvage...
by Working Forest | May 10, 2016 | Articles
Canadian forestry company executives are eager for a new softwood lumber agreement but say they are not interest in a rumoured U.S. proposal to reinstate across-the-board quotas. Resolute Forest Products chief executive Richard Garneau says word surfaced last week...
by Working Forest | May 10, 2016 | Articles
Some P.E.I. forestry workers are learning how to safety get in and out of a moving helicopter — a skill they’ll need if they’re eventually deployed to help fight wildfires in Fort McMurray or other fires in remote areas. Ken Mayhew, the information officer...
by Working Forest | May 10, 2016 | Articles
Tucked in the Rockies, the mountain towns of Banff and Canmore are built in a long, narrow valley surrounded by forests of Lodgepole pine, Douglas fir and spruce trees along steep slopes. The Crowsnest Pass, which was spared in the Lost Creek fire in 2003, sits in a...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
The Province is providing a $1-million lift to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund to protect eligible forestry contractors and service providers in the event of licensee insolvency. The one-time grant was announced today by Minister of Forests, Lands and...
