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Restoring ravaged forests

February 4, 2010

Re: Billion-plus trees killed by pine beetle turns B.C.’s forests into carbon emitter, report says, Jan. 12th. It is encouraging to see the report from Ben Parfitt proposing some concrete ways to include forests in B.C.’s efforts to address climate change. But one of the report’s key recommendations points to a problem. The report notes … Read more

Are Rednecks the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Management?

January 7, 2010

In the United States, correlates with fire suppression and population explosions of game animals appear to me to include the quality of reception of National Public Radio stations as well as local densities of Volvos and other foreign cars. Read more

Study Finds Global Warming Will Stress Region’s Forests

January 5, 2010

Leading University of Montana researchers have released results of a new study that shows climate change will increase drought stress in northern Rocky Mountain forests, leading to increased potential for insect infestations and risk of more frequent and severe wildfires. Read more

New direction for U.S. forests: restore and conserve

August 18, 2009

Restoration and conservation: Those are the goals that will guide management of the U.S. forest system under the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in his first major policy address on the nation’s forests. Read more

Interim analysis shows 2009 harvest in steep decline

August 13, 2009

Harvest billing trends so far for 2009 indicate lean sowing and planting seasons ahead into 2011. Will government give the silviculture sector a boost with an expanded and prompt restoration response to this year’s fires? Read more

A Parliamentary Secretary for Silviculture: Stewarding forests gets deserved recognition

August 4, 2009

Premier Campbell’s recent appointment of John Rustad MLA Nechako Lakes as Parliamentary Secretary for Silviculture under the aegis of B.C. Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell is good news. Read more

2009 Glen Rosa fire and the 1917 Halifax Harbour explosion

July 31, 2009

If we begin to think of wildfires as an energy release, rather than smoke, ash and community evacuations, there is no reason to be surprised by their destructive effects. Read more

WSCA Pilot Proposal

May 21, 2009

Although the WSCA pilot proposal has been shopped around by the WSCA since the membership declared two years ago that we should develop a proposal to kick-start the MPB harvest and the bio-energy industry as a strategy to keep our sector and the forests in full vigour: it has been officially declined by the Ministry. Read more

The FFT funding: frozen in the short term, secure in the long term?

May 21, 2009

After meeting with Minister Bell in May we were assured that the province’s 2009 $53-million annual Forest For Tomorrow program would survive any budget cuts that may follow the election. Read more

An open letter to all forest companies and silviculture contractors in Western Canada from the WSCA

March 12, 2009

In an open letter to BC forest companies and licensees the WSCA is asking them to adopt prompt and regular payment protocols to reduce silviculture contractors’ and their employees’ exposure to the risk of going unpaid for completed contract silviculture work. Read more

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