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…
To create and support good jobs in British Columbia’s coastal forest sector, government is making policy changes to increase the processing of B.C. logs on the coast and to reduce wood waste by redirecting it to B.C.’s pulp and paper mills. The changes, as part of the Coast Forest Sector Revitalization Initiative, were announced by…
In the future, it will be possible to control a paper machine, for example, on the basis of its carbon footprint. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing a software tool for online life cycle assessment that offers information to the operators of production equipment or an entire plant concerning the impacts of operational…
Applied forest genetics – where do we want to be in 2049? The organizing committee has announced the 2019 Canadian Forest Genetics Association meeting will be held in Lac Delage, Quebec City, from August 19 to 23, 2019. Three satellite activities will be integrated into the meeting: a workshop by the Tree Seed Working Group,…
Ontario received an A-, the province’s highest grade ever, in an annual report card that evaluates governments across Canada based on their progress in cutting red tape for business. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) gave Ontario this grade in its 2019 Red Tape Report Card. This is a dramatic increase from the C+…
The organizing committee of the Montréal Wood Convention has announced that the Canadian Football League (CFL) legend Michael “Pinball” Clemons will be the keynote speaker during the lunch on March 20th. Few people exemplify the qualities of personal excellence, teamwork, community leadership, and overcoming the odds better than Michael “Pinball” Clemons. Pinball joined the National…
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) welcomes federal decision to have the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) investigate supply chain failures in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Canada’s forest products sector relies on an efficient and reliable transportation system to move our products through Canada to global markets. Over the past two years, system congestion through the…
North American total forest products railroad freight was 0.5% higher in 2018 from a year ago to 916,777 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads (AAR) reported. Volume in 2017 was 1.7% lower from 2016 at 912,295 carloads, including pulp and paper, lumber and wood products, and primary forest products, such as woodchips and logs. Some…
The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs held a hearing in Dryden on Monday, January 21, 2019 regarding Pre-Budget Consultations. The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) presented to the Standing Committee and believes that by working with government, affected stakeholders and rightsholders, practitioners and professional foresters to strategically increase the sustainable use of our…
Husqvarna, has unveiled the company’s next generation of 50cc chainsaws for professional loggers and arborists, the Husqvarna 550 XP Mark II and the 545 Mark II. The chainsaws are redesigned from scratch, resulting in a new level of cutting capacity, maneuverability and endurance, making them optimized for harvest forestry and urban forestry applications including felling,…