Wood-framed bicycles increasing in popularity and sophistication
By William Sampson Jan 07, 2017 Woodworkding Network Wood is making a comeback in several engineering and manufacturing areas, from skyscrapers to bicycles. Two-wheeled
Softwood Lumber V – The Sequel
Jan 09, 2017 Tree Frog Forestry News Although it’s hard to know if a movie sequel will turn out like its forerunners, Softwood Lumber
Effective forest practices needed now
Letter from Ray Travers, RPF Jan 03, 2017 Prince George Citizen At October’s 2016 Spruce Summit, retired UNBC professor Staffan Lindgren asserted B.C. forest
Forest Practices Board Winter Newsletter
Dec 23, 2016 BC Forest Practices Board As 2016 draws to a close, we at the Board have been looking back to see what
Here’s Some Trivia You May Not Know
Jan 05, 2017 Tree Frog Forestry News Did you know that yesterday was National Trivia Day? Want to test your “forest IQ”? Click Read
NDP Leader Weighs in on Forestry
Time to Replace Out-of-Touch Government, John Horgan Says By Andrew MacLeod Dec 12, 2016 The Tyee …[AM] What about forestry? Do you see opportunity? [JH] Huge.
Extension to fee schedule on mid-coast logs
By the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Dec 12, 2016 BC Government The Province has extended the reduced fee in place
Community forests in the Peace get good audit results
Dec 10, 2016 BC Forest Practices Board VICTORIA – Audits of the Tumbler Ridge and Little Prairie community forests, in the Peace Resource District,
Fort Nelson struggles to rebuild ‘devastated’ forestry sector
Dec 05, 2016 Business in Vancouver By Jonny Wakefield When a pair of Fort Nelson timber processing plants closed eight years ago, the town
China-Canada Roundtable on Illegal Logging
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Dec 02, 2016 BC Government News Canadian and provincial government representatives and delegates from the Canadian
Funding available for Wildlife Habitat Projects
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) has signed a Letter of Agreement regarding funding of wildlife projects in forested habitats with the Habitat
Registration Open for 2017 ABCFP Conference and AGM
Dec 01, 2016 Association of BC Forest Professionals Registration is now open for the 2017 ABCFP annual forestry conference and AGM, February 22-24 at
Tilting At Sawmills: America’s Shameful Approach To The Softwood Lumber Dispute With Canada
By Dan Ikensen Nov 29, 2016 Forbes Donald Trump has called the North American Free Trade Agreement the “worst trade deal ever negotiated.” If
Petition Filed on Black Friday
U.S. lumber coalition fires first shot in new lumber war By Gordon Hamilton Nov 25, 2016 Business in Vancouver The American lumber lobby filed
BC Forest Practices Board
Changes to Board Membership Announced By Darlene Oman Nov 24, 2016 Forest Practices Board VICTORIA – Cabinet has made a number of appointments to
Sea to Sky
Gondola views now protected Jennifer Thuncher Nov 24, 2016 Squamish Chief Visitors to the Sea to Sky Gondola won’t see obvious signs of logging
FSC Canada Releases New Version of its Forest Management Standard
Nov 24, 2016 Forest Stewardship Council MONTREAL – FSC Canada today published the second version of its National Forest Management Standard, emanating from intense
Could Wood Scraps Fuel Planes?
Alaska Airlines Flight 4 took to the sky last week in the first-ever commercial flight powered by a brand new wood-based biofuel By Kristen
Longer trucks save forest companies money, fuel
Add more axles to a log-hauling truck and trailer, to increase payload beyond the six, seven and eight-axle trucks currently in use. That’s a project