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Planting Trends and Sowing Request Projections

February 7, 2008

BC Ministry of Forests and Range sowing request trends compiled in January show a possible 70 million decline in seedlings for the 2009 planting season. Read more

Tree Planters Seeking Solutions To Crucial Forestry Issues At Conference

February 4, 2008

With the largest insect plague on the planet devastating forests in B.C., tree planters are concerned about government figures that predict the province’s reforestation program is about to actually decline significantly. Read more

Proliferation of Prime Contractors follows Coroner’s Inquest

March 1, 2007

After the BC Coroner cited flaws in the appointment of the prime contractor responsible for the area in which a faller died last year practices may actually be getting worse. Read more

BCTS To Require SAFE Company Registration April 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

BC Timber Sales will require contractors bidding on timber licenses and specified contracts, including silviculture projects, to be registered with the BC SAFE Company program after 1 April 2007. The program requires registrants to be audited and successfully certified within six months of their registration. However, BCTS has held off on making full SAFE Company … Read more

Is S100 Fire Suppression Training Appropriate for Silviculture Crews?

March 1, 2007

The BC Wildfire Act requires “If a fire starts at, or within 1 km of, the site of the industrial activity, the person carrying out the industrial activity must: (a) immediately carry out fire control and extinguish the fire, if practicable, (b) continue with fire control for the fire until (i) the fire is extinguished, … Read more

Strategic Session Cites Forest Advocacy Role for WSCA

March 1, 2007

Following on the momentum of last month’s WSCA annual conference silviculture contractors have agreed at a recent strategic summit that the silviculture industry must take a more prominent and professional approach to getting its message out on forest health and reforestation in B.C. Read more

Canfor CEO Cites Lumber Problems With Beetle-Killed Wood, Need for Better MPB Strategy

February 9, 2007

WSCA Conference:Jim Shepherd says his company is having difficulty making quality lumber out of beetle killed wood in some areas of the province. Read more

WSCA Publishes First Annual Report to Members, Lays Foundation for 2007 Work Plan

February 9, 2007

WSCA Conference:With compendiums of facts, appendices of resource material and a synoptic overview of initiatives undertaken by the WSCA in 2006 the Association presented its First Annual Report to Members at its 2007 Conference, AGM and Trade Show. The document was intended not only as a summary of last year’s work but as a benchmark … Read more

Forestry’s Elder Statesman Calls for Action and Permanent Review of Forestry Management

February 9, 2007

WSCA Conference:Every so many years forest policy needs to re-evaluate its assumptions and conventions to keep in step with the changing landscape and society’s management expectations. Usually this process takes the shape of a Royal Commission. We are at the stage now says forestry veteran Mike Apsey. But we don’t need a royal commission. We … Read more

Chief Forester Defends Go-Slow Approach to Restoration

February 9, 2007

WSCA Conference: Siliviculture contractors challenged Chief Forester Jim Snetsinger over the pace of work restoring forests lost to the mountain pine beetle citing the plummeting reforestation ratio and the extraordinary extent of the forest health disaster. But Snetsinger stated he didn’t want to compromise future industries that might emerge to harvest damaged stands by leveling … Read more

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