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BCTS Tender Quality Feedback Form (07/13/18)
Planting Frozen-Stored Spring Plant Seedlings Outside the Standard Planting Window (06/15/2018)
Due to a late, cold spring, the start of the 2018 spring planting season may be delayed. As a result, some planting contractors are asking their clients if they can plant trees past the normal spring plant deadline in order to avoid a potential production and contractual crisis. The current Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations … Read more
Today’s Consulting Foresters Content on the Job According to Poll: Less Clear About Tomorrow. (05/16/18)
WFCA Annual Business and Market Summit Presentations (10/05/2017)
Each year in the early fall the WFCA holds a workshop looking at the key indicators for forestry services demand in British Columbia for next year with an outlook over the next five years. This year presenters included BC Timber Sales, Forest For Tomorrow, Forest Carbon Initiative and Forest Enhancement Society of BC. Enhanced Basic … Read more
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate Sept 16, 2016 Vol. 16, Issue 16
Warning: Although every effort is made to keep our facts straight, we cannot guarantee these articles contain straight facts. Register today to attend the annual WSCA Business Summit 29th September What Do All Our B.C. Government’s Recent Forest Restoration Announcements Add Up To? Millions of forest restoration seedlings may be in the hopper over the … Read more
BCTS Planting Contractor Rating System Frequently Asked Questions
Can ancient indigenous Amazonian technology aid forest soils?
BIOCHAR: A black element for a greener future Biochar, an upscale cousin of charcoal that is commonly used in water purification and related applications, is being examined as a potential soil builder for agriculture and silviculture in British Columbia forests. A British Columbia company, Global Bio-Coal Energy Inc. (GBCE) has announced plans to add biochar … Read more
WSCA provides some definition to wild fire suppression requirements for silviculture operations
When the BC Liberals came into power at the beginning of the last decade they followed through on the promise to reduce regulation. In some cases that meant eliding useful regulatory guidance for forestry operations. Reducing regulation in this manner then didn’t reduce the actual law. It just made it less clear as to what … Read more
Are Dead Trees More Combustible Than Live Ones?
As Justin Gillis explained at length in an Oct. 1 article, huge tracts of forest are dying across the West and around the world as a result of infestations and other phenomena that many link to climate change. A big question for those who manage forests is how these millions of acres of dead trees … Read more