by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
TORONTO – Norbord has launched its “Thank a Framer” campaign to show its appreciation for framers “who work tirelessly to build the structures that house our families, and to inspire the next generation of men and women to take up their tools.”...
by Working Forest | Aug 21, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Russia has emerged as one of the winners from the trade dispute between Canada and the U.S over lumber, the Globe and Mail reports. U.S. government data shows that the nation is importing more softwood lumber from overseas since it imposed tariffs on Canadian...
by Working Forest | Jul 27, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber will acquire the operations of the Gilman Companies from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders for approximately US$430 million. The Gilman Companies are comprised of six sawmills and a finger‑joint mill in Florida and...
by Working Forest | Jul 17, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
REDLANDS, Calif. – Land cover mapping is a critical part of conservation planning, but current methods for collecting detailed geographic data are highly labor-intensive. Advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) can help but are not yet widely...
by Working Forest | Jul 12, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve has one of the few sawmills still operating in Haliburton County, Ont., but at the turn of the 20th century it would have been one of dozens of similar operations. The mill produces about 20,000 board feet of lumber per day –...
by Working Forest | Jul 10, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
The Sultan Industrial Road is a logging road near Chapleau, ON, frequently taken by people wanting to save as much as an hour off an east-west trip between Highways 144 and 129. Northern Ontario mayors for decades have lobbied for the Sultan Road to become a...
