Forests are the lungs of our planet. They operate as vast reservoirs for capturing, storing, and releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, as well as providing oxygen. They also provide wildlife habitat, landscape stability, water storage and filtering, and other important environmental functions. And they create a foundation for human activity and community, including manufacturing…
B.C.’s newest Class A provincial park is an 11,000-hectare expanse of the world’s only inland temperate rainforest east of Prince George. Called the Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Wudujut, the region is being added to B.C.’s parks by legislation introduced this week. Premier Christy Clark said the province is also applying to have the park named as…
A new B.C. park will protect an ancient cedar forest believed to be the only inland temperate rainforest in the world. The northern park. known as the Ancient Forest, contains 1,000 year old trees as large as 16 metres around as well as rare lichens and mosses. “It’s an unknown world on our door step,” said Darwyn Coxson, a University of…
A conference opening in Whitehorse Tuesday will show off the territory’s newest biomass heating project. Biomass energy uses organic matter to heat buildings and produce power. This new biomass project uses waste wood to generate heat at a Whitehorse recycling centre. “People had to drive brush and and add it to the dump and they have…
On March 17, the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) will once again host a presentation describing a uniquely special place in the natural world. The sixth event of the current season, it will take place in Almonte United Church at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker for the evening will be Grant Dobson and his presentation…
Forest sector research and development is getting a boost with the help of Northern Development Initiative Trust’s new Forest Innovation Fund, says a news release on NDIT’s website. The fund will provide up to $1 million in grants over a two-year period for small and medium-sized companies and community forests engaged in resource extraction, resource…
The light and noise pollution that Lavington residents have been complaining about for months from their industrial neighbours is finally getting some attention. For the second time in five months, since the Pinnacle Pellet Plant opened in late September, neighbours have aired their concerns with the District of Coldstream. “Our home has been bombarded with…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama said last week in Washington that they are committed to fixing the continuing “irritant” of the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute. “This issue … will get resolved in some fashion,” Mr. Obama said at a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden. Let’s hope so,…
Grand Falls-Windsor has a rich forest resource dormant since the closure of the mill seven years ago and now it could be the subject of a study. The Centre for Forest Science and Innovation has requested a meeting with council to discuss the possibility of doing the study. The centre is responsible for the development…
Two new board members have been appointed to the interim board for the McBride Community Forest Corporation. Randy McFarland and Joseph Rich were appointed to two vacant seats on the board during its Feb 19th meeting. Mayor Loranne Martin says several members of the public have expressed their interest in becoming a director, and McFarland…