by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Ever-increasing pressures to clear-cut forests for fibre, biomass and chemical feedstocks tend to ignore their immense ecological and social values. But even as simple production systems, serious challenges to our forests’ sustainability exist. The broad outlines of...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
As wildfires plague northeastern B.C. and ravage northern Alberta, B.C.’s forests minister is blunt about what the logging industry can expect this year. “We know we face significant challenges over the summer,” said Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Before firefighting crews are done extinguishing a burning forest, investigators from the B.C. Wildfire Service are already examining the smoking remains behind them, sifting through the ash for clues as to how the fire started. “We prefer to be deployed as soon as...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Forest fires popping up along the eastern part of the province are making for smokier air in the region, which has Manitoba health officials reminding people with breathing problems to be on their toes. A major forest fire burned east of Caddy Lake near the...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Firefighters started to realize the uniquely destructive nature of the Fort McMurray wildfire when they saw aspen poplar trees instantaneously and loudly explode into fire. As veterans of Alberta’s wildfire wars will tell you, the aspen does not readily burn, not with...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Like people, forest fires have distinct personalities. Some burn with a steady direction and pace. Others trace an angrier path, burning fiercely but briefly. The wildfire class known as the “wooey,” or “wildland urban interface,” is the delinquent of the bunch. These...
