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Thanks to Sandy McKellar and her Tree Frog Daily Forestry News for the majority of these new items. Sandy, you bring us important news every work day. Subscribe to the Tree Frog Daily Forestry News, a daily email service that provides stories from local, regional, provincial, national and international papers.

Possibility of Nakusp biomass project discussed

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:33
Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat project coordinator David Dubois met in Nakusp with Peter Welkerling, from the Nakusp and Area Chamber of Commerce, Hugh Watt and Beth McLeod from True North and NACFOR’s (Nakusp and Area Community Forest) Tom Zeleznik to talk about the possibility of turning wood waste into heat in the community. Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat (WWRH) is a project that aims to supply 15 per cent of B.C.’s commercial, institutional and residential energy via biomass thermal (waste wood-generated heat). Read more...

UN Endorses Improvement of Sustainable Forest Management

Monday, 22 April 2013 11:51
Forests: UN Forum Endorses Measures to Improve Sustainable Forest Management Read more...

Forestry plan a major shift, NDP critic insists

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:43
New Democrats say they will reverse forest policy changes made by the Liberal government a decade ago with the exception of one that was a blow to forest-dependent communities. Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, the NDP’s forest critic, joined local candidates Kathy Kendall and Tom Friedman on Tuesday to lay out the party’s forestry plan. Read more...

Dix’s modest proposal for the forest industry

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:31
By Vaughn Palmer Read more...

Disconnect Between Perceived Jobs and Future of the Industry a Major Coastal Challenge

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:30
The Truck Loggers Association (TLA) recently commissioned a public opinion poll to better understand public sentiment towards the forest industry – and some of the findings are concerning. Most notable is the “disconnect” between the perceived future of the industry (most are optimistic) and the perceived existence of forestry jobs (most believe there is a shortage of jobs). Read more...
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