by Working Forest | Apr 11, 2026 | Trade And Policy, News, Sustainability And Carbon
On March 31, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada’s most ambitious conservation commitment in a generation: a $3.8 billion strategy to protect the country’s natural environment and reach the 30×30 goal of conserving 30 percent of Canadian...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Trade And Policy
A conservation easement covering more than 22,000 acres of Idaho timberland between Mount Spokane and Spirit Lake has permanently barred the land from residential and commercial development — while keeping the saws running. The deal, announced in late March 2026, is...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Trade And Policy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $25 million loan guarantee to fund a biomass gasification plant in Calaveras County, California — a project that will convert forestry waste from National Forest lands into synthetic natural gas while removing material...
by Working Forest | Mar 28, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Wildfire
The charred stands left behind by British Columbia’s record wildfire seasons look like stranded value — timber that will rot if it isn’t harvested quickly. That logic has driven a province-wide push to log burned forests faster than ever before, with...
by Working Forest | Mar 28, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Technology
A Tioga County company is on the verge of breaking ground on what could be the first commercial-scale wood-to-gasoline Pennsylvania facility in the country, after completing a critical engineering validation that confirms the project is technically sound and...
by Working Forest | Mar 24, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Trade And Policy
A piece of Louisiana wood pellet legislation 2026 observers had largely expected to sail through the capitol is running into an unexpected obstacle — and the opposition is coming from within the same building pushing it forward. The Louisiana Wood Pellet Manufacturing...
