Features
Forestry carbon offsets grapple with image problem
Carbon offsets and emissions trading evolved out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a mechanism that could be used by industries that either couldn’t reduce […]
Month: November 2019
Features
Cutting down the Kaiser: How Canadian lumberjacks helped win the First World War
Sherlock Inghram was two months shy of his 18th birthday when he pledged his service to King George V and enlist as a member of […]
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Should lumber trucks be allowed highway access? Congressman says yes.
A new congressional initiative would lift restrictions for lumber trucks, allowing them access to the interstate highway system. Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher is a sponsor […]
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As Paradise rebuilds, a divide over safety a year after fire
There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise. She’d thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her to escape the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The town where she’d raised her family was nearly wiped out, two of her three cats had disappeared into the flames, and she “was done.” […]
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West Linn paper mill reopens as Willamette Falls Paper Co., with 125 employees
Florida Forest Service director Jim Karels says there’s a good chance state block grants will be approved to help North Florida’s ailing timber industry. The subject-specific grants have never been given out for timber anywhere in the nation by the United States Department of Agriculture. […]
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Layoffs at B.C. sawmills no cause for concern in northwestern Ontario
Layoffs at sawmills across British Columbia are not an indicator of the health of Ontario’s forest industry, say two insiders with knowledge of Ontario’s sawmill operations. […]
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The search for Canada’s Greenest Workforce
Canada’s forest industry has come a long way from the iconic lumberjack. Today, men and women of all ages and from different backgrounds are powering the forest products sector with skills that run from biology to IT to heavy equipment operations. We are an industry that now is more diversified than ever, from white lab coats to orange safety vests. […]