The polluted air that hung over a vast stretch of the West Coast — from San Francisco to Vancouver, B.C. — has generated a fresh wave of support for more logging and cool-season burns to thin the forests and reduce the potential fuel. These tactics are standard practice, but according to a report in the…
While 12 wildfires continue to burn in the Monashee Complex — which ranges from south of Highway 6 to Three Valley Gap — officials say the worst may be over. Now ranked the worst wildfire season in B.C.’s history with nearly 1.3 million hectares of forest burned as of Aug. 29, cooling temperatures and the…
Forestry professors from the University of New Brunswick and the University of Maine say they are not surprised to hear New Brunswick government forecasters are projecting much larger yields of wood from replanted areas on Crown land than was thought possible five years ago. According to a report by CBC News, those projections were used…
SWX Global has introduced the APEX XA1200 – the newest addition to their line of hydroseed and environmental spray applicators. It has a tank capacity of 1,200 gallons, two powerful, variable speed, hydraulically driven agitators, and a Vortex slurry pump that discharges a wide variety of materials without modifications to the pump or adjusting the…
From Forests Ontario… the Level 1 (September) and the Refresher tree (October) marking courses are now scheduled for 2018. They are offered by the Forests Ontario /Canadian Institute of Forestry collaborative under agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry. A Level 1 Tree Marking Course will be held from September 10 – 14,…
This October 15th and 16th, 2018 the OIPC will be hosting an Annual General Meeting and Invasive Plant Conference in Peterborough, Ontario. Save the date flyer. More details to come.
John Deere has announced two new G-Series wheeled harvester models, the 1170G and 1070G. The new midsize machines provide loggers with the power and precision needed for today’s jobsite, while a more comfortable operator station ensures loggers are productive all day long. The availability of the Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) technology on the 1170G further…
Forest Products Association of Canada CEO Derek Nighbor issued the following statement today in response to a final decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to terminate and refund duties the U.S. has been unfairly imposing on Canadian uncoated groundwood paper and newsprint: “As the association that represents the Canadian forest products industry, we are…
Forest Products Association of Canada CEO Derek Nighbor issued the following statement in response to the release of new mandate letters that instruct the priorities of the federal Cabinet. “On behalf of Canada’s forest products sector and its workforce, FPAC engages every day with senior levels of government to call attention to issues of significant…
Cascades Inc., has announced plans to close two sheet plants in Barrie (Jellco) and Peterborough, Ontario, as part of its ongoing efforts to reorganize and optimize its corrugated packaging platform in Ontario. “We are announcing today that production from the Barrie and Peterborough plants will gradually be redeployed to our other facilities in Ontario. This…