by Working Forest | Feb 1, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
Spot something unusual the last time you were out working in the woods? Notice someone not doing their part as a responsible resource user? Now there’s a way to help, by accessing a new online tool that aims to reduce and deter natural resource offences. The Ministry...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
OTTAWA – A report on the progress of recovery efforts for boreal caribou shows that some progress has been made by governments and industry in the past five years, but that caribou populations continue to decline and habitat disturbance continues to increase. The...
by Working Forest | Sep 11, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
W.D. Moore Logging is exiting the contracting business, citing thin profits in a high-risk business, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun. Owner Graham Lasure told the Sun for the capital intensity of the logging business, the profit margins are not worthwhile....
by Working Forest | Sep 5, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Vancouver-based market research firm Wood Markets has been purchased by Forest Economic Advisors, based in Massachusetts. A statement from Wood Markets says the team in Vancouver will enhance FEA’s current products and services with more depth in terms of...
by Working Forest | Jul 12, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve has one of the few sawmills still operating in Haliburton County, Ont., but at the turn of the 20th century it would have been one of dozens of similar operations. The mill produces about 20,000 board feet of lumber per day –...
