Practice

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

WSCA Appeals to Minister to Pay Unsecured Creditors for Planting

January 22, 2009

The WSCA has asked Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell to find a way to compensate three B.C. silviculture firms owed money after planting trees on Crown land for license holders who later went bankrupt. Read more

Premier Promises to Change Woodworker’s Lien Act

January 22, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell has announced that government will move to protect forest contractors from going unpaid by license holders.But it is uncertain whether his promise to strengthen the antique Woodworker’s Lien Act will provide any certainty to silviculture contractors who may go unpaid for providing silviculture services to bankrupt clients. Read more

Silviculture: Putting The Forest In Forestry

October 8, 2008

Silviculture practice in B.C. is in decline while the area under assault from pests and pathogens exceeds 13 million hectares. Yet the Roundtable does not specifically include silviculture among its four key areas of concern. Read more

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