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Crown wood to support economic development in Miramichi region
Aug 20, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
The New Brunswick provincial government will make available Crown wood to support three forestry operations in the Miramichi region.
The provincial government’s plans entail:
issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for about 230,000 cu. m of Crow… more »
Will the gutting of the B.C. Forest Service lead to privatization?
Jul 26, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
An article published by Focus Online is exposing the current emaciated state of the British Columbia Forest Service and questions if the gutting of the Forest Service has been plotted to allow privatization of the province's forests.
In the last 9 yea… more »
Should Nova Scotia burn trees for power generation? Hearings begin today
Jul 26, 2010 | In Environmental News, Woodlands | 2 feedbacks »
Hearings begin today by the Nova Scotia regulatory agency over a biomass-fueled power generation proposal.NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. and Nova Scotia Power (a subsidiary of Emera Inc.) have a proposal on the table that would see them burning 650,00… more »
Proposed legislation will protect logging contractors
May 12, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
British Columbia is proposing a new Forestry Service Providers Act to replace the Woodworker Lien Act.In 2007, when Pope & Talbot went under, logging contractors suffered without payment for their services.This new, proposed legislation, will… more »
Renewable Electricity Plan concerns Forest Industry
Apr 28, 2010 | In Financial News, Certification, Woodlands | Send feedback »
Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has concerns with Nova Scotia's new Renewable Electricity Plan released on Friday (April 23rd) by the provincial government (.pdf).
FPANS has long been an advocate for third-party certification progr… more »
Clearcutting numbers down in Nova Scotia
Apr 26, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
A recent study of the numbers by Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has revealed that clearcutting use in the province’s forest industry is way down. Actually, it appears it may never have been ‘way up’.
Statistics from the National F… more »
West Fraser Timer granted permission to buy tree farm and forest license
Mar 24, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
The province of British Columbia has given permission for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. to purchase a tree farm and forest license in the Kamloops Timber Supply Area.
West Fraser began the process early in 2008 to purchase the licences from Weyerhaeuser… more »
Interfor completes purchase of timber tenure in the Kamloops region
Mar 16, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a timber tenure in the Kamloops Region from Weyerhaeuser Company Limited following an extended period of regulatory review.
The tenure represents a… more »
NewPage establishes buffer to protect rare lichen discovered in Cape Breton.
Jan 14, 2010 | In Environmental News, Woodlands | Send feedback »
NewPage Port Hawkesbury has established buffer zones in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to protect a large quantity of rare and endangered lichen.
Tom Neily, a botanist with the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute based in Kempt, Queens County, Nova Scotia, f… more »
Nova Scotia decides to buy land from J.D. Irving
Jan 5, 2010 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
The province of Nova Scotia has decided to spend up to $40 million to buy land in southwest Nova Scotia and Cumberland County from J.D. Irving Ltd. and Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd.Last year, Irving put 69,000 hectares of timber land up for sale in so… more »
Thunder Bay meeting to discuss forestry in northern Ontario
Nov 30, 2009 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
For anyone in the Thunder Bay area, tonight there is a meeting at Lakehead University to discuss a vision for a new forest economy for northern Ontario.
A presentation will be followed by a moderated panel discussion with:
Rick Groves (Abitibi… more »
Saskatchewan government signs logging deals
Nov 27, 2009 | In Woodlands | 1 feedback »
The government of Saskatchewan has signed logging agreements that will allow private companies, communities, and First Nations groups to log two million cubic metres of wood on Crown land in northern Saskatchewan.
The Prince Albert Forest Management A… more »
More people questioning the logic of burning trees for power
Nov 16, 2009 | In Environmental News, Woodlands | Send feedback »
Dan Leger, director of news content for The Chronicle Herald, published a column today about NewPage's plan to burn trees to produce power to sell to Nova Scotia Power.
What? Burning the forest creates ‘green’ energy?
CAN SOMEONE please explain ho… more »
West Fraser keeps Eurocan’s tree farm licenses
Nov 11, 2009 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
Even though West Fraser Timber has closed its Eurocan mill in Kitimat, the company will hold on to Eurocan's tree farm licenses.
Barry Dobbin, district manager for the Ministry of Forests and Range, explained to Kitimat's city councillors that these t… more »
2 jobs created in Grand Falls-Windsor to manage crown forests
Nov 6, 2009 | In Woodlands | Send feedback »
Two new positions have been established in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland to help the province manage the crown land that was previously managed by AbitibiBowater.
The new Crown lands management officer and a Crown lands management specialist will… more »
