by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
Thompson Rivers University has received a big grant towards creation of a chair position focussed on the future of our environment. The Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia has granted $150,000 to the university in support of a Natural Sciences and Engineering...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
Plans are well underway for the 2016 Interior Safety Conference. Building on the success of the Northern BC Forest Safety Conference, the forest industry is working to build a similar event in the BC’s Interior. This event is being held in partnership with the...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
The B.C. government has established 6,482 old growth management areas (OGMAs) under the Oil and Gas Activities Act, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has announced. The old growth management areas cover 186,198 hectares in 58...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
Research scientists report that additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the main culprit in the greenhouse effect, is stimulating forest growth at such a rate that carbon absorption is offsetting its release from beetle-killed B.C. forests. In fact, reports NASA,...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
Canadians shouldn’t be naive. Our country rarely matters much at all to the United States when it comes to their political decision-making process. If we did, the Keystone XL pipeline would have been built, Country of Origin Labelling for livestock never would have...
by Working Forest | May 2, 2016 | Articles
Sept. 18, 2006, is a day Mark Johnson will never forget. It was the day an attempt to save two minutes of time at work led to the loss of use of his left arm. Johnson was one of many workers across the province recognized during Day of Mourning ceremonies on Thursday....
