by Working Forest | Jan 2, 2018 | Articles
A California logging company has paid US$1.95 million to settle allegations by the United States Department of Justice relating to a wildfire in 2012 that burned 318 acres of national forest land. CLT Logging, Inc., a timber company that conducts operations throughout...
by Working Forest | Sep 5, 2017 | Articles
Three logs bearing signatures from hundreds of emergency personnel who assisted during the wildfires in the Cariboo-Chilcotin will be on permanent display in Williams Lake, the Nelson Star reports. Bryan Reid Sr., founder of Pioneer Log Homes of B.C., donated the logs...
by Working Forest | Aug 15, 2017 | Articles
A UNBC professor fears the wildfires raging across B.C. will have significant impacts on forestry operators, especially smaller ones focusing on localized areas, such as community forests, First Nation tenures and woodlot operators. Philip Burton, a professor with the...
by Working Forest | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles
With more than 4,910 square kilometres of land burned since spring, British Columbia is experiencing its most destructive wildfire season in years. Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C. Wildfire Service says 4,910 square kilometres of forest, brush and grassland have been...
by Working Forest | Jul 25, 2017 | Articles
TORONTO – Norbord has resumed production at the company’s OSB mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., the evacuation order for 100 Mile House and nearby communities was lifted. On July 10th, Norbord reported that the mill had temporarily suspended production in order...
