Scientists with the federal government are now suggesting the climate change conditions, which caused BC’s devastating Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak just prior to the turn of the century, will have engineered an earlier-than-anticipated full recovery by 2020. The infestation began in 1999, and it’s estimated that it attacked about 18 million hectares of lodge pole…
A new study, with the participation of UPM, has revealed a growing synchrony in ring-width patterns of trees in response to global warming. A multidisciplinary research team consisting of Russian and Spanish researchers, with the participation of a female researcher from School of Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), has…
Fire crews in British Columbia are continuing their efforts to suppress a wildfire burning three kilometres south of the Nazko community, the province’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, the Nazko fire was 60% contained by BC Wildfire Service crews, the ministry said in a media release. The fire…
There wasn’t necessarily a lot new in what Forestry and Agrifoods Agency Minister Chris Mitchelmore heard at an industry engagement event in Wooddale last week, but there is one matter he intends to make an immediate priority. The minister said he heard lots about the limiting nature of the current Crown permit procedure. It guarantees…
A low loonie isn’t something about which you’ll likely hear anyone at Arauco lament. In fact, the Sault Ste. Marie medium density fibreboard producer banks, in part, on the Canadian dollar remaining worth relatively less than the greenback for a continued competitive edge. “It’s been a positive thing,” says Anthony DiGasparro, Arauco’s northern business development…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Garneau appeared today in Ottawa, Canada, before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on International Trade. Testifying in support of free, unencumbered access for softwood lumber exports from Central Canada (Quebec and Ontario) to the U.S. market, Mr. Garneau formally presented his…
You have to like any headline which says “Seeds planted for London’s first wooden skyscraper” for so many reasons. The Greenwood Strikes Back, perhaps? Actually, it’s a very good, very challenging, and potentially very valuable, idea. The question is whether a 300-metre-tall wooden skyscraper can actually be built. The wooden skyscraper idea germinated at Cambridge…
You have to like any headline which says “Seeds planted for London’s first wooden skyscraper” for so many reasons. The Greenwood Strikes Back, perhaps? Actually, it’s a very good, very challenging, and potentially very valuable, idea. The question is whether a 300-metre-tall wooden skyscraper can actually be built. The wooden skyscraper idea germinated at Cambridge…
During the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) board of directors meeting in Port Alberni on April 7, frustration and concern was apparent from coastal logging contractors towards the industry’s major tenure holders. “It’s a challenging environment to be in,” said David Elstone, executive director of the TLA. “You have the contractor that is having to go…
It’s not nearly as much as Canoe Forest Products asked for, but Salmon Arm councillors are giving the company a tax break that will be picked up by property owners and businesses. On Monday, council approved the shift of $25,000 to general municipal taxes from Class 4 (Major Industry). Chief financial officer Monica Dalziel advised…