Changes to provincial forestry policy do not mean we are out of the woods yet, says Stop the Spray BC founder James Steidle. Victoria has […]
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Behind a makeshift coffin representing the ‘death of leadership’ in forest policy in B.C., a handful of speakers decried the loss of old growth forests […]
Zanzibar Holdings Ltd. and the community of Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation (St-wet-lem hight-lem) (SXFN) have partnered to reduce wildfire risk to the rural communities of […]
An investigation of a complaint about the management of biodiversity in the Prince George Timber Supply Area (PG TSA) has found that biodiversity, as it […]
VICTORIA – The province is delivering relief to small- and medium-sized forestry businesses for the extra costs of operating through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our government […]
About 50 people protested outside the Ministry of Forests District Office in Prince George Thursday. The protesters are calling for an end to the decades-old […]
VICTORIA – A special investigation of reforestation in dry interior Douglas-fir (IDF) forests in the B.C. interior has found current efforts may not be leading […]
Conservation North says the province’s plan to temporarily defer logging in select old growth forests falls short. The province unveiled the plan Friday that includes […]
Pacific BioEnergy (PacBio) is turning to some B.C .forest history this summer while conducting ‘brushing and weeding’ activities under its silviculture responsibilities. PacBio is testing […]
Cindy Stern and Gail Wallin have been appointed to the Forest Practices Board for three-year terms. Stern, a registered professional forester, has been a consultant […]
In response to the end of the mountain pine beetle epidemic and salvage of dead pine in the Lakes Timber Supply Area (TSA), the new […]
BY PETER EWART As is well known, the state of the forest industry and the forests themselves in British Columbia has deteriorated in the last […]
Although some parts of British Columbia have received significant rainfall in recent weeks, this year’s wildfire season is far from over. With warm weather in […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News What is happening to Mackenzie and other forestry manufacturing communities in the province of British Columbia is completely […]
The Forest Practices Board will examine the forestry activities of Saik’uz First Nation on non-replaceable forest licence A91154 in the Stuart Nechako Natural Resource District […]
BY BILL BOURGEOIS Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Government has recently introduced Bill 22 (Bill 22-2019 – Forest Amendment Act-2019) giving the minister the responsibility to […]
BY RAVI KAHLON Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development When I was two years old, my sister and I were […]
BY BILL BOURGEOIS Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Mill closures and job loss has been in the news recently. The view by many is we are […]
The provincial government is accepting public input to help shape the Interior forest sector. “The previous government failed to help the forest sector when it […]
In a new report, the Forest Practices Board recommends that government adopt a tactical forest planning process to direct forestry operations on Crown land. “For […]
The new allowable annual cut (AAC) for West Fraser’s Tree Farm Licence 52 near Quesnel is 592,500 cubic metres, Diane Nicholls, chief forester, has announced. […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca Just to remind Shirley Bond that she has already received 800 emails, she was given a large follow up letter Thursday. […]
An audit of the McLeod Lake/Mackenzie community forest in the Mackenzie Natural Resource District has found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation. The community forest is […]
West Fraser is eliminating the third shift at both its Fraser Lake and Quesnel sawmills. The move will affect approximately 60 employees at Fraser Lake […]
The Nechako Watershed Roundtable is calling on Victoria to conduct a timber supply review in the area ravaged by wildfires this summer. “The NWR Core […]
BY PETER EWART The images are alarming. In photo #1 — a wetland with abundant green grasses, broad leaf plants and young trees, an ideal […]
UBC research provides new clues to how trees adapt to a changing climate As Canada’s vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to […]
As if the mountain pine beetle wasn’t enough. The spruce beetle is now working its way through northern forests. According to ministry of forests’ 2016 […]