Forest stewardship plans intended to guide logging in British Columbia and offer transparency about forestry activities are failing to deliver results that are enforceable and do not provide information to the public that is meaningful, the province’s forestry watchdog said Wednesday. Forest licensees are supposed to spell out in the plans how they will meet…
As the provincial regulator of forest professionals, the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) supports long-term sustainable forestry and is mandated with supporting its members to provide excellence in forest stewardship. A recent Forest Practices Board (FPB) report analyzed Forest Stewardship Plans (FSPs), pointing out deficiencies and making recommendations on how they can be strengthened….
Ontario is celebrating 100 years of worker health and safety in the forestry, pulp and paper industries. From September 24 to 25 in Thunder Bay, Workplace Safety North (WSN) will host a centennial conference, with the help of the Lakehead Regional Safety Council, to celebrate health and safety excellence and share the latest information and…
McRae Lumber was honoured with the Forestry Legacy Award from the Bancroft Area Forest Industry Association. One of the goals of BAFIA is to promote the long term sustainability and vitality of the forest industry in the Bancroft area. The Bancroft area as well as the Ottawa Valley has been very dependent on the forest…
Two Quebec-based companies are looking to expand their reach and profits by forming one of Eastern Canada’s largest producers of treated wood, with seven plants in four provinces. The joint venture would own Goodfellow Inc.’s three plants in Delson, Que., Elmsdale, N.S., and Deer Lake, N.L., and Lebel Cambium’s two Ontario plants (Bancroft and Caledon)…
Chad Wasilenkoff, executive chairman of Fortress Paper Ltd. (TSX:FTP), is one of the more unconventional businessmen you are likely to meet. The 43-year-old businessman cares little for corporate prestige and takes some pride in being “anti-corporate.” His company’s head office is in a small, nondescript building sitting on top of a McDonald’s at Lonsdale Quay…
Did you know that there is currently a bourbon barrel shortage? Probably not, but according to a Wall Street Journal article from this past May, the lumber industry, and subsequently coopers, have struggled to keep up with the demands of the exploding bourbon industry. Between 2010 and 2013, bourbon production increased by 50%. That’s a…
Canada’s cement and steel sectors say Quebec is favouring one industry and possibly putting public safety at risk by allowing wood to be used in the construction of buildings up to 12 storeys high. The Cement Association of Canada said Wednesday that the province’s new guide for the construction of taller wood buildings is primarily…
The B.C. government’s forest stewardship plans for Crown land are unenforceable, lack measurable results and are not producing innovative forest management, according to an investigation by the Forest Practices Board. The board reviewed 43 stewardship plans from all regions of B.C., prepared under provincial law by tenure holders including forest companies and communities. There has…
The Quebec government is hoping to give a shot in the arm to the province’s forestry sector by allowing lumber to be used in the construction of buildings up to 12 storeys tall. Premier Philippe Couillard says regulation changes were developed in consultation with the provincial agency responsible for the building code and with FPInnovations,…