Women in Forestry is the first in a series of hands-on, one-day workshops for women with an interest in woodland management and will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4. The workshop is funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and organized by the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute. Sessions will include…

Carissa Camenson stood in a vast acre and a half arena in Missoula, Montana, the ground covered with chips and flakes of wood. The sophomore forestry major from Northern Arizona University expertly pulled back and forth on her six-foot-long crosscut saw that sliced through an approximately 20-inch diameter log. Camenson was competing in the single…

Canadian forest companies are no longer debating whether they will be hit with a softwood lumber duty, but how much pain the duties will cause, forest products analyst Paul Quinn told an international wood products conference Thursday. Although Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama told negotiators last March that they have…

The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) supports the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) decision that would expand the Council’s definition of a certified source to match ASTM D7612-10. As a result of this decision, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, the Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forest Management Standard and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification,…

Innovation in wood products design and manufacturing is reaching a rapid pace and it is critical that Atlantic Canada’s forest and wood product industries keep abreast of these trends. The tallest wood building in the world currently stands at 14 storeys. New construction technologies and engineered wood products have the potential to push the height…

Robert Malczyk, a principal from Equilibrium Consulting Inc and Oliver Lang, an architect and partner at Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc. presented “Ready? Set. Reset!” at the 2016 International Wood Symposium in downtown Vancouver. Lang began by explaining that his firm looks at different ways of using building envelopes and said there’s the…

Certification for the province’s environmental forest management system is a great first step in advancing and revitalizing the industry, according to the Forest and Agrifoods minister. Christopher Mitchelmore held a news conference in Corner Brook Wednesday to make the announcement of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001:2004 certification. Afterwards, the minister spoke about the…

Robots, drones & more cool tech! FPInnovations showcases the tech ingenuity of forestry at BC’s biggest ever tech summit, which opened today at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The two-day inaugural #BCTECH Summit shines the spotlight on BC’s vibrant tech industry, bringing some of the biggest names in technology including investors, researchers, industry and government officials…

Choose To Save Lives – Actively Participate in a Safety Culture Plans are well underway for the 2016 Interior Safety Conference. Building on the success of the Northern BC Forest Safety Conference, the forest industry is working to build a similar event in the BC’s Interior. This event is being held in partnership with the…

We are excited to announce that registration for the 2016 Forests Ontario Annual Conference is open! The conference will take place on Friday, February 5th at the Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston. This year we will be exploring the theme of Regeneration –  looking at engaging future generations of environmental leaders to help face the challenges ahead…