March 11th – 13th, 2019 Williams Lake Panel discussions included: Impacts of fire Preparedness and forest management for fire suppression Fire recovery Changing paradigms to manage
The workshops focused on alternative logging systems such as commercial thinning in second-growth stands and partial cutting in older stands that have operating constraints
U.S. plush toilet paper use wiping out Canada’s forests, flushing away the future: report The voracious use of toilet paper in the United States
The northernmost municipality in B.C. was once home to companies that made eight million chopsticks daily, produced untold strand boards for housing and sawmills
A fledgling youth development program will fly again this summer. The Outland Youth Employment Program (OYEP) ran its first summer of skills training and
Every year in early December, TimberWest gets the opportunity to recognize important local community groups in the Lake Cowichan area thanks to the hard
Construction to start in a few weeks on Kalesnikoff’s $35 million project Construction is set to begin in just a few weeks on Kalesnikoff
The BC FireSmart Committee has launched a new website for all things FireSmart in BC. The website includes resources such as: documents like FCCRP
Dr. Charlene Higgins, as the First Nations Forestry Council’s new Chief Executive Officer BC First Nations Forestry Council February 1, 2019 North Vancouver, BC –We
Alberni Valley News February 13, 2019 The Alberni Valley Community Forest Corporation (AVCF) continues to pay dividends for the City of Port Alberni. Jim
Will join the new “Dawn of Life” gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum In the technical shop at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax,
“Uncounted forest emissions” represent a major hole in B.C.’s climate plan and show the need for a provincial forest emissions-reduction strategy, according to a new
Recovery & Planning After Wildfires …While the forests of BC have evolved and adapted to experience wildfires as a natural agent of disturbance, it
Thoughts from Peter Pearse, retired UBC Resource Economist Exporting raw logs remains highly controversial in B.C. because of the forest industry’s economic importance and
Premier John Horgan, speaking at the Truck Loggers convention, revealed plans to reform the forest industry by curtailing log exports (amongst other policy changes), with the goal of
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change StrategyGovernment of British Columbia January 16, 2019 Young adults interested in learning a diverse range of job skills
Changes to forest policy as a result of the Coast Forest Sector Revitalization Initiative, were announced by Premier John Horgan at the annual Truck
Investigation finds harvesting at Wilson Creek appropriate Jan. 17, 2019 VICTORIA – An investigation of a public complaint on the Sunshine Coast has found
Read articles by Premier Horgan, Minister Donaldson, and John Betts (ED Western Forestry Contractors Assn.) along with information on their convention to take place
Climate change was the driving force behind destructive 2017 B.C. wildfire season, study says By Bethany Lindsay CBC NewsJanuary 8, 2019 The record-breaking B.C.
