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Study Questions Value of Carbon Sink
Review Likely to Kill Forest Renewal BC
WSCA Calls for Reduction to Danger Tree Red Tape
Alberta Forest Fire Alert
There are currently 23 fires burning in Alberta. So far, 388 forest fires in Alberta have burned more than 143,000 hectares of land. Extreme dry conditions have resulted in numerous forest fires in northern Alberta. So far, 388 forest fires in Alberta have burned more than 143,000 hectares of land. The largest fire is burning … Read more
Sacramento Bee special report on the Green Movement
UN State of World’s Forest Report Released
Weyerhaeuser Sends Letter to President Bush and Prime Minister Chrétien Requesting Support for Envoy Process
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Steven R. Rogel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Company, sent a letter Friday to President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien requesting their support for a government-sponsored envoy process to help develop a long-term solution to the softwood lumber dispute between the United States and Canada. Read more
Mid Coast Deal Causes Cutbacks on FRBC Spending
WSCA to Appeal to WCB for Prime Contractor Regulation Review
Silvicultural contractors will ask Workers¹ Compensation Board executives to review regulations governing the assignment of prime contractor status on silvicultural work sites. Increasingly forest companies have engaged in downloading prime contractor status onto silvicultural contractors. Contractors have objected to this responsibility saying they have little control over the conditions they find on worksites after harvesting … Read more