Imagine being able to accurately predict where forest fires might strike — even in the most remote locations in the province — using freely accessible data from a NASA satellite. This is the work of Quazi Hassan, a geomatics engineering associate professor in the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, whose NSERC funding has just been renewed….
There were two new fire confirmed in the Northwest Region by the afternoon of July 23. One is located in the Sioux Lookout District and one is located in the Nipigon District. The forest fire hazard is high in the western portions of the region and moderate in the eastern portions of the region. Rain…
Two new forest fires are burning the northeast region as of Sunday, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports. Both fires are relatively small, but fire rangers with the MNRF have not yet brought them under control. The two fires are Bancroft 15 at 0.1 of a hectare and Parry Sound 29 at 0.4…
It’s the Village of Lumby’s way of saying thank you. Village council unanimously voted to donate $10,000 in revenue from its community forest to the White Valley Parks, Recreational and Cultural Services. Mayor Kevin Acton made the presentation at the regular Regional District of North Okanagan meeting. Accepting the cheque were Area D director and…
On West Georgia, there are a couple of ghosts that have taken physical form. They’re in the shape of two stumps that recall the industrial logging that once took place throughout Vancouver. They’re about two metres from each other in the sunken area at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite. The stump on the right is…
High rates of logging old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island will lead to an ecological and economic collapse in a generation unless provincial government policy changes, warns a new Sierra Club study. And B.C.’s Forest Practices Board also says the province, which acknowledges the critical ecological importance of old growth forest, needs to improve protection….
Consider a cluster of year-old pine trees, scrawny and less than 2 feet tall, next to some 20-year-old pines that stretch more than six stories into the air. Which of these represents a healthy, well-managed forest? According to Matt Dowdy, a contract forester whose land management company is based in Albemarle andLouisa counties, the answer…
Unifor pulp and paper locals in British Columbia threw their support behind a rally on July 22 that demands an overhaul to the way the province’s forests are managed. A coalition of union, environmental organizations, and First Nations called on Premier Christy Clark to stop the export of raw logs. “The BC Liberals have been…
Forestry workers and environmentalists gathered in Port Alberni on Friday to call for a ban on log exports and for a transition to “sustainable” second-growth harvests. But an industry representative says a ban could destroy the coastal forest industry. Arnold Bercov, president of the Public and Private Workers of Canada, said raw-log exports have resulted…
Premier Christy Clark and other provincial and territorial leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asking him to refute the latest lumber trade action by U.S. interests. “Unfair and inaccurate allegations of Canadian lumber subsidies” have been made by 25 U.S. Senators to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, seeking a reduction in the cap…