by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2016 | Articles
Drought could render the U.S. Northeast’s mixed forests unsustainable after 2050 while Washington’s Cascade Mountains may require tropical and subtropical forest species, according to researchers using a new type of mathematical model at Washington State...
by Working Forest | Apr 27, 2016 | Articles
The City of Fredericton now has a full inventory of street trees thanks to a two-year project completed by the University of New Brunswick forestry program. The Street Tree Management Plan is being called the first of its kind in the country. It involved 900 hours of...
by Working Forest | Apr 26, 2016 | Articles
The company created to hold the remaining assets of Sino-Forest Corp. has negotiated the sale of the last of the failed company’s holdings for $242-million (U.S.), signalling there was significant remaining value within the company’s disputed forestry assets. Emerald...
by Working Forest | Apr 26, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
WestJet Airlines Ltd is hoping its new partnership with a central Alberta research centre will lead to the development of an environmentally friendly biofuel that will help the carrier reduce its carbon footprint. The Calgary-based airline is working with the Clean...
by Working Forest | Apr 25, 2016 | Articles
The road through the forest, abandoned, is at times barely discernible, covered with the debris of fallen tree limbs, vines, leaves and moss pushing up through cracks in the crumbling asphalt. The moss is best avoided, says our guide, Artur N. Kalmykov, a young...
by Working Forest | Apr 25, 2016 | Articles
Large old trees are among the largest and longest-living organisms on earth. They occupy a revered position in the human psyche, appearing often in iconography, art, books, films, and other cultural expressions [1]. Large old trees also play key ecological and...