Building our future … with wood
In resource towns like Castlegar in the West Kootenay, the future of B.C.’s forest industry is already starting to unfold. It’s all about sustainability
Forest issue? There’s an app for that
Companies are increasingly turning to digital technology for greater efficiency and cost savings From bucksaws to chainsaws to mechanized falling machines, British Columbia’s logging
Minister says the future of forestry is better
Provincial Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Steve Thomson is encouraged by the recent $6.7 million investment Western Forest Products committed to its Alberni
A new way of viewing the woods
While B.C. considers relaxing logging policies, the industry is becoming more eco-conscious When John Innes, dean of the faculty of forestry at the University
Upgrades to Kootenay Sawmill
USNR – Secure new order from Kalesnikoff Lumber Kalesnikoff Lumber has contracted with USNR for a major sawmill modernization at its operation in Thrums,
Forest industry is fragile, group of MLAs told
The message is virtually the same in every British Columbia community where an all-party government meets – we’re hurting, don’t hurt us any more.
B.C. warned not to touch reserves for short-term supply
By Gordon Hamilton – Province pitches extension of plan to open logging in areas previously off limits – When a special committee of the
New tenures promote bioenergy, cut back on wasted wood
Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today regulatory changes that provide access to logging slash and wood waste fibre
Crunch coming for timber communities
There’s a big economic crunch coming for northern Interior forest communities, and a small group of B.C. politicians has been tasked with figuring out
Timber Supply Public Consultations Begin
BC’s Timber Future Focus of Traveling MLAs – As a committee of MLAs starts a whirlwind tour of British Columbia to consult on timber
New Look and Range for Natural Resource Officers
There is a new look to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations enforcement folk. The 169 officers will now be known
BC’s legislative committee to review midterm timber supply
B.C. lawmakers formed a special committee Wednesday to examine the issue of midterm timber supply. “The issue of midterm timber supply is of vital
B.C.’s ‘Carbon Neutral’ Controversy
The bet was that collecting a carbon tax and investing in offsets would create a whole new “green economy.” Five years into B.C.’s experiment
Mill explosions ‘new territory’ for B.C.’s beetle-ravaged forest industry
Sawmill explosions in the B.C. Interior have thrown the province’s forest industry into turmoil, raising concerns that the mountain pine beetle’s damage to the
Woodlots and community forests in the Boundary
The Boundary Woodlot Association (BWA) is against a proposed location for a community forest in Midway and Greenwood. The West Boundary Community Forest (WBCF)
Public Input Sought On Deeming Resource Roads A ‘Workplace’
Time is running out to comment on a proposed WorkSafeBC policy that would make resource roads a “workplace”. WorkSafeBC notes there has been a
Pine beetle may cost Lakes, Cariboo up to 12000 forestry jobs: report
Timber and job loss estimates found in a confidential ministry report are sharpening the debate on whether Victoria should relax forestry rules to ease
Forestry decisions must be made carefully
By Hamish Kimmins – As forestry in B.C. evolved, land-use decisions became the subject of increasingly complex processes, one result of which was the
Timber audit triggers concerns
Troubled by a recent Auditor General’s report into how the B.C. manages its forests, rural directors at the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN)
Listen to Minister Thomson’s interview on CBC
Click here to read the confidential, draft government report which examined the timber supply for the Prince George, Burns Lake, Williams Lake and Quesnel