by Web Editor | Jun 27, 2012 | News
British Columbia’s independent forest practices watchdog says future timber supplies in the province are at stake and the Liberal government needs to get moving on management plans for pine beetle and fire damaged forests. A Forest Practices Board report...
by Web Editor | Jun 25, 2012 | News
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) welcomes the government’s acceptance into negotiations to reach a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) aimed at reaching a free trade deal with a group of important markets including Australia, Vietnam, and Peru. Canadian...
by Web Editor | Jun 22, 2012 | News
A Vancouver-based manufacturer of wood products has an ambitious plan to operate the largest single line sawmill on the coast of British Columbia. Western Forest Products Inc. plans to invest millions of dollars to upgrade the infrastructure at its facility on...
by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2012 | News
Resolute Forest Products (RFP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are pleased to announce that Resolute has become the largest manager of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forests in the world. The company recently certified 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million...
by Web Editor | Jun 15, 2012 | News
A quandary that threatened the existence of one of the few large sawmill operations left in Montana moved toward resolution last week. A spokeswoman said Sen. Jon Tester had just received written assurance from the U.S. Forest Service that Tricon Timber’s Aug. 12...
by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2012 | News
A committee looking for ways to boost B.C.’s dwindling store of timber is looking at logging protected areas such as old-growth forests as one way out of a supply crunch. Other options include cutting greater volumes of “marginally economic” timber and pumping up...
