Published by the Forest Industry Network The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — The most at-risk ecosystems should be set aside from logging while British Columbia shifts its forestry policies toward a more sustainable system,says a forester who helped write a provincial report on old-growth forests. The report last April co-written by Garry Merkel urged B.C. to […]
Published by the Forest Industry Network By Robert Dalheim China will extend tariff exemptions on 65 imported products from the United States. Hardwood lumber and logs made the list. China’s Ministry of Finance announced the decision Friday. The new extension goes until September 16, 2021. “Apparently, U.S. hardwood logs and lumber were the only agricultural products […]
Published by the Forest Industry Network OPINION As Premier John Horgan and his cabinet colleagues explore options to kick-start the economy while the province slowly emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, they have several strategic options to consider. For example, they could seek to boost industries which employ the most people or those that underpin economic […]
Published by the Forest Industry Network By / BINNY PAUL, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Nootka Sound RCMP and Work Safe BC are investigating the fatal accident of a Western Forest Products contract employee at Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 19 near Gold River on Monday morning. Cpl. Kim Rutherford said that the RCMP responded to a […]
Published by the Forest Industry Network By / Marc Heller, E&E News reporter Two years ago, Sealaska Corp. gave the Trump administration a prescription for managing the region’s millions of acres of forest. Open more areas to logging, the Alaska Native corporation urged, including places never harvested for timber. By earlier this year, though, Sealaska […]