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Quebec is proposing a marketing board for its timber
Jun 13, 2009 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The province of Quebec is proposing a complete revamp of its forest management system by setting up a timber marketing board to sell almost a third of the province's timber.
All sales will be to the highest bidder - thereby breaking the forest industr… more »
Audit scheduled next week for 5 woodlots in Quesnel region
Jun 12, 2009 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
Two auditors from the Forest Practices Board will be auditing 5 woodlots in the Quesnel Forest District next week - spending a day at each woodlot.
The Forest Practices Board arries out periodic independent audits to see if
government and forest comp… more »
The Report of the Working Roundtable on Forestry releases report in B.C.
Mar 9, 2009 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The Working Roundtable on Forestry today released its report and recommendations for a vibrant and successful forest industry for future generations.
“All British Columbians benefit from a strong forest sector,” said Forests and Range Minister Pat Bel… more »
New permits will be required for firewood cutting in Newfoundland
Jan 15, 2009 | In Guidelines & Legislation | 1 feedback »
Do you have a permit to cut firewood from AbitibiBowater's leased land in Newfoundland?
Now that the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have expropriated these resources from AbitbiBowater, your permit will no longer be valid.
You need to bring… more »
BC lowers coastal stumpage rate
Jan 14, 2009 | In Guidelines & Legislation | 3 feedbacks »
Today at the 66th Annual Truck Loggers Association Convention, the Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell, announced his new initiatives for the forest industry.
Stumpage pricing change: A comprehensive update of stumpage rates on the Coast to… more »
No more logging in Manitoba's provincial parks
Nov 22, 2008 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
Logging will no longer be allowed in all but one of Manitoba's provincial parks - starting this spring.
Existing logging operations will be phased out of the parks, and no new logging plans will be approved.
Logging will continue in Duck Mountain P… more »
British Columbia Forestry Action Plan
May 21, 2008 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The provincial government of British Columbia is undergoing a 90 day forestry regulatory review.
The forestry regulatory review was established to streamline red tape and cut processing time. Over 540 submissions were received from the forest industry… more »
Coastal Forestry Plan
Oct 31, 2007 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The British Columbia government has released its long-delayed coastal forest action plan this week.
The crux of the plan rests in allowing coastal companies to shift logging from old-growth trees to second-growth forests, which will be prepared for cu… more »
Ontario Reviews Research Fires
Jun 28, 2007 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is reviewing its use of research fires until they can implement all the recommendations of a recent review into a research fire that became a wildfire east of Sault Ste. Marie this spring.Effective immediatel… more »
Small Scale Harvesting Program Sticks to Small Volume Harvests
Jun 26, 2006 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
The small scale salvage harvesters in the Cariboo region were hoping for an expansion of the small scale harvesting program, but Forest Minister Rich Coleman has put his foot down.
The Cariboo region has been greatly affected by the bark beetle infe… more »
Annual Allowable Cut won't be cut by Ashfield
Feb 15, 2006 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
New Brunswick's Natural Resources Minister Keith Ashfield will not cut back the annual allowable cut in his province this year in hopes of protecting forestry industry jobs.
New Brunswick has new environmental commitments of leaving buffer zones aroun… more »
Pulp Sludge on Crops?
Nov 29, 2005 | In Environmental News, Guidelines & Legislation, Scientific Developments | Send feedback »
The province of British Columbia is currently renewing policy that may allow pulp sludge to be spread on agricultural land. Nearby Washington State already allows the practise.
Environmentalists are scrambling trying to raise awareness before the 30… more »
Buchanan Fined
Oct 4, 2005 | In Environmental News, Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
Buchanan Forest Products Ltd. has been fined for constructing a road through a moose habitat corridor in Northwestern Ontario. The affected area, east of Bukemega Lake in the Armstrong Forest, had been designated as a protected area where no harvesting… more »
Mi'kmaq lose Supreme Court Case
Jul 20, 2005 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
"In a pair of unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that aboriginals in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia do not have a treaty claim to log commercially on Crown lands without a permit, as two Mi'kmaq men charged with illegal logging had cla… more »
New Brunswick Minister Doubtful of Doubling Softwood Cut
Jun 1, 2005 | In Guidelines & Legislation | Send feedback »
New Brunswick's Natural Resources Minister, Keith Ashfield, released the findings today of the legislative committee that held hearings last year concerning the province's wood supply.
The committee was dealing with the Jakko Poyry report. This repor… more »
