Late last winter 17 tree planters and crew abandoned the self-propelled barge Lasqueti Daughters after it foundered in straits near Campbell River, B.C. After a ten month investigation the Transportation Safety Board released its report citing lack of safety oversight as a contributing factor in the vessel’s sinking. The Lasqueti Daughters was well known on … Read more
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate January 29, 2016 Volume 16, Issue 2 Warning: Some of the facts containged in this issue may be more true than others. Feeling A Little Gray? Need Something To Look Forward To Besides Ground Hog Day? Have we mentioned that the WSCA will hold its annual conference next … Read more
Warning: The facts contained in this edition have been reduced for purposes of brevity. RoundUpDate returns for 2016 looking out to the future; sort of. Now that we are all back in our traces and setting out on another lap around our various orbits here is a brief outlook of the immediate future as we … Read more
WSCA 2016 Annual Conference Program Warning: Some of the facts contained in this edition may be exaggerated for marketing purposes. Dear Readers: We know over this last year we have sometimes subjected your patience to various forms of editorial indiscretion including often using larger words than necessary, presuming the editorial “we”, and suffering occasional bouts of journalistic … Read more
In this special door-busting Black Friday edition we offer facts at reduced prices, consider how wolf packs and GIS might help emergency planning, forecast the winter and spring weather sort of, and make the case for keeping the BC Bioenergy Network going… Warning: Being it is Black Friday we are offereing a door-buster special … Read more
In this slightly technical issue we take a forward look at recent developments with BCTS contracting, consider the possibility of GIS tracking for emergency response and feature a faller figurine cutting down a forest of rusty nails; for those who just like the pictures… Warning: Some of the facts contained in this issue refer to future … Read more
In this post election issue we comment on our new federal governments lack of comment on a national wild fire strategy, we offer rave reviews on a WorkSafeBC’s surprisingly dramatic industrial safety video, and we spread a rumour that the U.S. may be considering banning international callouts for fire fighting—stay tuned to see if it is … Read more
In this issue we plug our upcoming 2016 WSCA Annual Conference and Trade Show, compare earthquake preparation funding to wildfire prevention funding (not much to compare) and ask if anybody has a better idea about what to do with a million wasted tree boxes each year. Warning: The facts included in this issue may contain … Read more
As the days shorten we go to greater lengths to tell you logging truck roll-overs are down, BCTS surprises everyone with standing bid deposits, the Premier puts more $ into fuels management, we’re luke warm on frozen plugs, and what can the Amazon jungles tell us about building forest soils? Warning: Some of the opinions expressed in this … Read more
In this synchronistic edtion (#18 on the 18th) we editorialize about firebugs and fire prevention, clarify things about the Forest Practices Board latest report, cite WUI fuel management success, look for tree tally testers and anticipate the Forest Safety Ombudsman report on getting injured workers out of the woods. Warning: Some of the contents of this editon may contain … Read more
