As much as we love our two-by-fours and toilet paper, many of us have mixed feelings about logging. Those feelings can morph into straight-out hostility when it comes to removing the branches and treetops, which are increasingly chipped and burned for electrical power generation. read more >>
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WorkSafeBC Forestry High Risk Strategy to Include Focus on Phase Congestion
WorkSafeBC has announced that its 2019 high-risk strategy for forestry will include an additional focus on phase congestion, which can lead to unsafe conditions when harvesting activities overlap. Phase congestion is an industry-wide problem and has resulted in serious injuries and fatalities. […]
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Tracing the Roots of National Forestry Week
According to the Canadian Forestry Association (CFA), National Forest Fire Prevention Week was established around 1920 to promote a greater public awareness towards preserving Canada’s […]
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Squamish Chamber Forestry Resolution Gets Support from BC Chamber
The advocacy group for BC’s chambers of commerce has thrown its weight behind the Squamish Chamber’s call for the provincial government to address a pressing […]