by Working Forest | May 17, 2016 | Articles
Things would have been drastically different if Northern Ontario had representatives at the time of Confederation, that according to a research paper recently released on the independence of Northern Ontario. The report, prepared by the Northern Policy Institute...
by Working Forest | May 17, 2016 | Articles
ThermalWood is putting European innovation into decks, guitars, furniture and siding in Canada and beyond in the form of long-lasting thermally treated wood. The Bathurst company applies the ThermoWood Association certified technique to thermally modify virtually any...
by Working Forest | May 17, 2016 | Articles
High in the forests of the mountain parks, there’s a sun-loving tree that relies on a small bird to spread its seeds. The whitebark pine, which has five needles and hard cones, plays an important role in stabilizing steep slopes, controlling the rate of snow melt and...
by Working Forest | May 17, 2016 | Articles
UNBC unveiled its newest classroom today. It’s located 60km east of Prince George in the Aleza lake Research Forest. The Field Education Centre is built from locally supplied timber and sits on a rise overlooking the McGregor Mountains. The 1,200 foot square foot...
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...
