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
BC Forest Policy Killing Jobs in Small Communities, Say Critics
Fort Nelson wants changes to the Forest Act and the ministry’s agreements with forest companies. “Changes need to be directed toward discouraging wood hoarding,
How Mushrooms Could Help Replenish Forests After Clearcut Logging
By Daniel Pierce Nov 24, 2016 Motherboard The small community that lives on Cortes Island, a remote and richly forested spot off the British
Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to our 2016 Newsletter. What a busy year it’s been! The goal of this newsletter is to keep you up-to-date and informed on
Beyond the Beetle with a Look to the Future
The Woodlot Communicator BC’s woodlotters gathered for their Annual General Meeting in Prince George this year, a fitting location given that it is the
Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association Solutions Paper
MAKING BRITISH COLUMBIA’S FOREST ECONOMIC ENGINE GREAT British Columbia’s forest industry has been instrumental in building our province into one of the greatest places on