Setting up a blockade has hindered rather than helped members of an aboriginal band who have been trying to stop a logging operation north of Fort St. James. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Duncan granted a logging company an injunction allowing the work to go ahead, saying not doing so “would condone the pursuit of…
Crews have begun to thin certain forests around Banff National Park, in some cases removing entire strips of trees. It’s preventative work but the goal is to make sure it’s difficult for wildfires to spread, endangering buildings and communities. “For us safety of visitors in the park is a top priority and one of the…
The one-year standstill period for the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between Canada and the USA which expired in October 2015 ended on 12 October, without Canada and the USA having been able to agree so far on a follow-up agreement. According to statements made by the negotiating parties to North American media in recent days,…
(Quebec) prefect of the regional county municipality (RCM) Etchemins and mayor of Lac-Etchemin, Harold Gagnon still fresh in memory the last round – that of 2002-2006 – between Canada and the United States timber. “We lost 1,000 jobs. Yes, 1,000 jobs! For MRC of just under 17 000 inhabitants, let me tell you that it…
To read Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees is to discover a secret world that you never knew existed in the forest. You’ll learn how fungi acts as the Internet of the woods to communicate signals between trees and other plant life, mother trees stunt the growth of their young to ensure that they…
Vancouver Island’s rainforests are among the rarest ecosystems on the planet — temperate rainforests have never occupied more than 0.5 per cent of the earth’s land surface. They are also among its richest — they have been home to First Nations for time immemorial, and they contribute to a diverse economy including forestry, tourism and…
An audit of Canfor’s Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 14, south of Golden, found compliance with British Columbia’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today. “Canfor complied with requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act,” said Tim Ryan, board chair. “Auditors did find that Canfor had not completed fire-hazard assessments…
Colin Richardson has fished along the Skidegate Channel in Haida Gwaii all his life. As a child, he worked as a deckhand on his father’s commercial fishing-boat, trolling for halibut and salmon. The popular channel connects the Pacific Ocean to Hecate Strait and is lined with mountains that have been heavily logged over the past…
Approaches to forest management must change if B.C. wants to end bug outbreaks sooner, said the closing speaker at a two-day summit on managing the spread of spruce beetles. “We need to keep the system in focus and remember the beetles are always there. They may not always kill trees but we need to act…
The Tumbler Ridge Community Forest is expanding. Recently, the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations allocated 15,500 cubic meters of coniferous volume and 2000 cubic meters of deciduous volume to the annual allowable cut that the Tumbler Ridge Community Forest is allowed to harvest. This bumps the total annual allowable cut for the…