by Working Forest | Sep 6, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Dartmouth’s Main Street could soon be home to an innovative, environmentally-friendly wood building — all part of the city’s revitalization plan. On Friday, Atlantic Wood Works announced the development of Garden View, a six storey mixed-use building. It’s the first...
by Working Forest | Aug 31, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Effective August 29, 2016, the allowable annual cut for Western Forest Products’ Tree Farm Licence 39 is 1,416,300 cubic metres chief forester Diane Nicholls announced today. “After a careful review of the facts, I am satisfied that the new allowable annual cut for...
by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
It’s been a whirlwind summer in the forests of Northern Ontario for a group of Indigenous youth, but they have a new and valuable skill set to show for it. Forty-six youth celebrated their graduation from the award-winning First Nations Natural Resources Youth...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
A leading Canadian public health official has commended New Brunswick’s review of a controversial herbicide used by the forestry industry and NB Power. Dr. John McLaughlin, the chief science officer and senior scientist with Public Health Ontario, reviewed the...
by Working Forest | Aug 11, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Thanks to a $20 million investment over the past two years, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s Sudbury Fire Management Headquarters have been able to better meet the mandate of fighting and controlling forest fires across the region. “It allows us...
by Working Forest | Aug 9, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Forty hectares have never looked so good. At the end of June, the Cumberland Community Forest Society (CCFS) took a huge leap forward in their goal of purchasing, protecting and restoring the Cumberland forest that borders the village. Thanks to a $100,000 grant from...
