Powell River Community Forest posts record profits
“The record profits resulted from an increase in our allowable cut, a very strong market for our timber and some sound strategic decisions” By
New lichen database takes big picture approach to forest monitoring
By Amy McDermott May 22, 2017 Mongabay The United States Forest Service is about to release a huge new database chronicling the abundance and
Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation creates legacy fund for city
By Alex Cooper May 19, 2017 Revelstoke Review Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation’s first dividend to the City of Revelstoke will go towards a special
RBC Research Note Wood Market Forecast
Wood Markets Conference By Paul Quinn May 17, 2017 RBC Capital Markets Russ Taylor and his team at Wood Markets hosted its annual softwood
Nakusp and Area Community Forest
Check out this innovative approach to reporting out to the community! NACFOR’s newly posted infographic – it’s a great snapshot of their 2016 activities. read more
Challenges for the new community forest
Province’s caribou plan threatens forestry restart in the Northern Rockies By Bronwyn Scott May 11, 2017 Alaska Highway News The economic viability of the
Burns Lake
Comfor engages local contractors By Flavio Nienow May 10, 2017 Burns Lake District News Local contractors recently had a chance to provide feedback to
Forest sector losing jobs — but desperately needs more skilled workers
By Jon Hernandez May 08, 2017 CBC News As steady streams of raw logs flow overseas, and hefty softwood lumber bills blockade the south,
Wells Gray
Community forest reports at annual meeting Apr 20, 2017 Clearwater Times General manager George Brcko highlighted the WGCFC (CF) activities for 2016, what is
Support for Sunshine Coast Community Forest: Opinion Piece
ELF does not speak for mountain bikers Letter by Warren Hansen, RPF, Langdale In the April 7 opinion letter (“Trail won’t stand up”), ELF’s
New community forest for area near Likely, Big Lake
The invitation to apply is for approximately 20,000 cubic metres of allowable annual cut over a 25-year term, providing 10,000 cubic metres to each
Community Forests — Community Benefits: The Economic Contributions of Community Forests to Rural Communities
The Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC), and the BC Community Forest Association (BCCFA) announce the release of an important report on the significant
Pacheedaht First Nation and Cowichan Lake receive Community Forest Invitation
Proponents of the Qala-yit [Kwah-LIE-it] Community Forest are being invited to apply for a unique community forest agreement, the first community forest agreement that
Forest Stewardship Council Commends establishment of Canadian Working Group of Ministers to implement UNDRIP
Mar 01, 2017 Canada Newswire The Forest Stewardship Council MONTREAL — The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Canada today commended the Canadian government’s recent announcement
Safety in Forestry Industry Focus of Upcoming Conference
May 27 in Prince George By Greg Fry Feb 28, 2017 250 News Prince George, B.C. – The third annual Interior Safety Conference is
ABCFP honours five forest professionals for outstanding work in sustainably managing BC’s forests
Feb 24, 2017 Association of BC Forest Professionals (Vancouver)—The Association of BC Forest Professionals presented awards to five forest professionals who made significant contributions
Designer forests: Scientists hope to tune up Canada’s trees to thrive in changing climate
Feb 26, 2017 Vancouver Sun By Randy Shore Forest geneticists aim to tune up Canada’s working forests with trees better suited to changing climate
Planting tomorrow’s trees today
Climate change is threatening the health of Canada’s forests, but revolutionary genomics research will give foresters a way to push back By Genome British
New Website Celebrates Women in Wood
Feb 21, 2017 Women in Wood Women in Wood (WIW) was created to bring together passionate women from across Canada to share their love