Webinar on the New National Forest Management Standard
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A rapidly rising tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is spreading across Canada, transmitted by the same blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme. For forestry workers and logging crews who spend their days in exactly the kind of habitat these ticks prefer, it’s a hazard that safety plans need to account for.
Medical experts are using language that forestry supervisors should not ignore. Here is what the science says about wildfire smoke exposure, why outdoor workers face elevated risk, and what work-site decisions the evidence supports.
Fires are now the largest single driver of forest loss globally, and nearly every record-breaking wildfire year has occurred since 2020. The Forest Stewardship Council’s latest guidance reaffirms what BC operators already know on the ground: responsible forestry is not just good environmental practice — it is one of the most effective risk mitigation tools available.
A weekend of rain and cooler temperatures offered a brief reprieve for BC wildfire crews, but fire managers are warning that returning heat will drive a rapid uptick in fire activity — with direct consequences for forest operators across the province’s interior.
The K’ih ts’aaʔdze Protection Area, established July 10, 2026, places approximately 45,000 hectares of Crown land in northeastern BC under a 10-year interim designation that specifically restricts forestry activities for four years.
The Freedom Mobile Arch at Hastings Park sheltered up to 10,000 World Cup fans under a 105-metre starburst mass-timber canopy — one of the largest engineered-wood public structures in Canada.