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
After a summer of sweltering RoundUpDates this edition finds our fact checkers getting philosophical, the Vancouver Province pronouncing the planting season a wash due to dry conditions (a kind of wash dry spin), the Forest Practices Board finding more fault again, and we saying OK, OK, enough with the planting robots. September 4, 2015 Vol. 15, Issue 17 Warning: Our fact checkers … Read more
Warning: Our fact checkers are on holidays. The contents of this issue may contain unchecked facts. BCTS to introduce contractor rating system at WSCA Summer Summit BC Timber Sales will present an overview of their proposed contractor pre-qualification rating system to be used in awarding future silviculture contracts as a key topic at the upcoming … Read more
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate July 24, 2015 Vol. 15, Issue 15 Warning: Canadian philosopher and essayist John Ralston Saul has pointed out that there are enough facts around to prove just about anything. With that in mind, when facts are herded to face a certain direction, or selected to support an opinion, … Read more
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate June 26, 2015 Vol. 15, Issue 13 Warning: All facts contained in this edition are intended for the edification and entertainment of the reader. Any other uses such as taking them out of context, misquoting, paraphrasing etc. may have unintended consequences. Read more
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate May 29, 2015 Vol. 15, Issue 11 Warning: inappropriate reader use of the facts contained in this volume may lead to bias, sudden changes in opinion, swings in perspective, oversimplification, misplaced confidence, and argumentative tendencies. Read more
