YAKIMA, Wash. — As wildfires continue to increase throughout Washington state, so does the sense of urgency to prevent and control them. According to a report in the Yakima Herald, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz unveiled a strategic 10-year fire protection plan that calls for significant increases in resources, training, funding, and education to tackle…
CBC News — Peter Silk, a Fredericton-based research scientist is headed to Europe to share his expertise about the “green menace.” As one of the world’s leading experts on the destructive beetle, he’s been invited to a meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, where an infestation of the borers is in its infancy. The tiny but invasive…
CANADIAN PRESS — Black bears need access to different species of salmon rather than huge numbers of a single variety in order to be healthy, a new study by Canadian researchers indicates. Lead author Christina Service said if bears have access to a “portfolio of different salmon species” then the animals have access to more…
CANADIAN PRESS — Conservationists in British Columbia are pushing for protections on an area of old-growth forests. The grove is located on Crown land in the San Juan River Valley near Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver Island in the unceded territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation band. The 13-hectare grove of immense old-growth Sitka spruce…
CBC – A recent study reported on by the CBC says the record-breaking B.C. wildfires of 2017 may have burned as much as 11 times more land than they would have without the influence of human-caused climate change. The study, from scientists at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria and Environment…
Caption: Ryan Palma stands in the showroom of Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, a company he started to utilize wood that otherwise might go to waste. Palma uses mostly beetle-killed pine and sustainably harvested fir but reuses wood pallets and old fencing as well to make mostly wood floors and wall paneling. Old oak fence…
The Canadian Council on Invasive Species invites you to join leaders from across Canada to improve coordination and information sharing on invasive species prevention and management. Participants from all levels of government, Indigenous organizations, businesses, professionals, academia, and nonprofits are all invited to discuss and identify shared approaches to stop the introduction and spread of…
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC – A third year of helicopter logging operations in the Williams Lake area has started to help minimize the spread of Douglas-fir beetles on Crown land. These natural forest pests normally attack small groups of trees. A significant infestation can weaken and eventually kill a tree over a period of about one…
Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; Chief Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chairman, Tŝilhqot’in National Government; and Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have commented on the first roundtable discussion on efforts to protect moose in the Cariboo Chilcotin: “Government representatives, First Nations and a variety of stakeholders met…
Globally, technologies are transforming forest management and harvesting. Control innovations for harvesting equipment are removing workers from the ground while improving safety and productivity. A few years ago, innovative logger Dale Ewers recognized how the speed of technology could transform his operations. He brought his experienced loggers into the office to work with application and…