by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
By mid-October, the U.S. Lumber Coalition — a.k.a. The Coalition to those who have spent their lives in the trenches of softwood lumber battles — will be able to file new anti-dumping and countervailing duty complaints against Canadian softwood lumber exports. Unless...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
Massive swaths of burning forest aren’t good news for Alberta’s forestry sector. However, the Alberta Forest Products Association says its members expect several wildfires to burn up forests every year and plan around them. AFPA’s Brock Mulligan tells the Alberta...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
Images of the fire-ravaged landscape around Fort McMurray have prompted some nature lovers to question what will become of the area’s wildlife. But specialists across the environmental field say the animals are probably not only fine, but may even thrive in the...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
Video cameras and logs will both roll during the annual Kaslo May Days Logger Sports this month. TV personality Andrew Younghusband — known for hosting reality shows including Canada’s WorstDriver and Canada’s Worst Handyman — will participate in several events as...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
We’re just one month into the forest fire season and the fire hazard is high across northeastern Ontario. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has reported 45 fires have burned 85 hectares of land across our region so far. The region covers from...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2016 | Articles
Wildfire ranger Dan Gorzeman directed a crew as it put out hotspots smouldering beneath the boreal forest northeast of Slave Lake, Alta., in August 2015. But he wasn’t on the ground. He was hundreds of metres above the blackened bush in a helicopter, staring...
