by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Articles
Teachers at Stanley Humphrey Secondary School (SHSS) have launched a club to introduce students to jobs in forestry. Members of the Kootenay Forest Connections Club were at the Armoury in Trail on Friday, learning to rough-cut wood with the help of the 44th Field...
by Working Forest | Oct 28, 2015 | Articles
With the federal election now behind us, the new prime minister can and must promote the economy and the environment in the first few weeks of his mandate. The foundation for both future economic stability and environmental sustainability will be laid for decades to...
by Working Forest | Oct 28, 2015 | Articles
The changing colour of leaves is an impressive annual spectacle, but it can make one wonder, why bother creating something so beautiful just before it withers away? Well that wonder exists in the scientific community as well, says one McMaster University professor,...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
BC Hydro has made adjustments to the routing of its planned new 287kV power line that will extend from the Skeena Substation in Terrace to Kitimat in order to avoid an area of old growth trees bordering the Lakelse River. The change was in response to concerns raised...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
A proposed moose hunt inside Cape Breton Highlands National Park hasn’t received final approval yet, according to a park manager, but it is necessary. That’s because the moose population in the park is four times higher than the average density found in a typical,...
by Working Forest | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles
The building has a name that has to be lived up to, and Emily Carr University is already well on its way to being the innovators of wood design called for in that title. The Vancouver-based university is moving in and setting up its engineering programs that will...
