By / Franca G. Mignacca · CBC News
Quebec’s hot summer so far, with long stretches of little rain, has contributed to a large increase in the number of forest fires around the province.
It is only early July but 2020 is already the worst year in a decade in terms of hectares lost to forest fire in Quebec.
Since January, nearly 61,300 hectares of forest have been destroyed by fire in what’s known as Quebec’s “intensive zone,” roughly the area south of Chibougamou, Que.
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. […]
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press Though not as immediately devastating as wildfires, slowed growth rates nonetheless pose a grave threat to Western Oregon’s commercial timber […]
If the timber industry in Alaska is looking to harvest more trees, the Trump administration’s proposal to open roadless areas in Tongass National Forest to logging might not be the way to get there. […]
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