by Working Forest | Jul 3, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Pity the lowly wood pallet. Nobody thinks about it. But it does so much work. Most merchandise in supermarkets and big box stores is shipped on wood pallets. There are roughly two billion wood pallets circulating in the U.S. But now, the wood pallet is under...
by Working Forest | Jul 3, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Focusing on grade lumber and high quality production, former employees purchase and restart Virginia sawmill. New owners explain the process of reopening an idle facility. When a sawmill that had been run by International Paper (IP) sat empty in Isle of Wight County,...
by Working Forest | Jul 2, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the province’s firefighting budget has been depleted, but crews will keep working in the north, where flames and smoke have forced at least 3,000 people from their homes. Evacuations started late last week in about a dozen...
by Working Forest | Jun 26, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Meadow Creek Cedar is busy planting trees and doing road maintenance this summer in an attempt to reduce the liability that has caused the provincial government to cancel its forest licence as of Aug. 7. The licence is for sale, with a deadline of July 15 for bids,...
by Working Forest | Jun 18, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Port Alberni Mayor Mike Ruttan says the amount of raw logs leaving his city’s port is growing exponentially and he wants some answers. He adds one in seven raw logs leaving Canada is leaving from Port Alberni. “We get concerned because we think potentially those are...
by Working Forest | Jun 17, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
BC Hydro executive vice-president Susan Yurkovich will become the new president and chief executive officer of the Council of Forest Industries on Sept. 14, COFI announced today. Yurkovich will replace James Gorman, who has accepted a new position as vice-president of...
