Practice
WSCA Pilot Proposal
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?
An open letter to all forest companies and silviculture contractors in Western Canada from the WSCA
WSCA Appeals to Minister to Pay Unsecured Creditors for Planting
Premier Promises to Change Woodworker’s Lien Act
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
Nurseries replenishing B.C.’s forests wither on the vine
Forests minister unveils timber idea
Stumped: B.C. reforestation
On an overcast morning in early May, a chill bites the air with just the slightest of ocean breezes. It’s as if winter never left. Days earlier, snow, hail and wind arrived to knock the pink blossoms off of boulevard cherry trees and make a mockery of southern Vancouver Island’s so-called “Mediterranean” climate. Read more