December 16, 2016 Volume 16, Issue 22 Warning: This edition may contain sentiment. Gentle readers: Thank you for your patience as we worked our way through the editorial calendar of 2016. We look forward to your continued indulgence in 2017. By all accounts it promises to be interesting. We hope you will continue to find … Read more
December 2, 2016 Volume 16, Issue 21 Warning: This edition may contain both facts and figures. BCTS Not Moving Away From Longer-Term Contracts in Spite of Rumours Rumours from the field this fall that BCTS is getting out of offering multi-year and option-to-renew silviculture contracts are unfounded. (Aren’t rumours supposed to be unfounded by definition?) … Read more
November 18, 2016 Volume 16, Issue 20 Warning: With the recent proliferation of internet fake news and hoax posts we can assure our readers the RoundUpDate remains a fake fact-free publication. We hope that clears things up. WSCA Annual 2017 Conference: How Well Does Our Sector Understand Working with Young Workers? The WSCA Annual Conference … Read more
Volume 16, Issue 18 October 14, 2016 Warning: Some of the facts contained in this volume were so dated they had to be exhumed from actual metal filing cabinets containing paper (not digital) folders. Did We Get It Wrong? What About Forest Renewal BC? Our readers don’t miss much. So naturally we got mail when … Read more
September 30, 2016 Volume 16, Issue 16 Warning: No bots, web crawlers, spiders or other forms of artificial intelligence have been used in the painstakingly human checking of the facts contained in this edition. Will We See 300-Million Seedlings Planted Per Year in the Furture? We haven’t seen anything like the recently announced commitments to … Read more
Warning: Although every effort is made to keep our facts straight, we cannot guarantee these articles contain straight facts. Register today to attend the annual WSCA Business Summit 29th September What Do All Our B.C. Government’s Recent Forest Restoration Announcements Add Up To? Millions of forest restoration seedlings may be in the hopper over the … Read more
Warning: Some of the facts published in this edition may have been facts previously. Government Continues With More Forestry Announcements Our government’s overture of forestry announcements, agendas and action plans continues. The latest coming this week from Prince George with the release of three strategies under Forest Minister Steve Thomson’s Competitive Forestry mandate. Strong Past … Read more
Warning: Some facts contained in this issue are hot off the press and should be handled accordingly. BC’s Climate Plan Big on Investments in Forest Carbon Sequestration: Big News for Silviculter Sector Our B.C. government has just announced today its intention to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current … Read more
Warning: Due to the summer holiday fact shortage our fact checkers have taken time off. Some articles may contain unchecked facts. Summer Tree Planting Season Winds Up Or does it wind down? Regardless, peaking at the provincial spring production rate of an estimated 120 per second, B.C. has seen, as of the end of this … Read more
Warning: Some of the facts mentions in this issue may be on summer holidays. Manual Brush Saw Equipment Operaotrs Have to Play by the Manual At the risk of giving away the ending to our pending brushing and clearing equipment guidelines it all boils down to this: All equipment must be operated within the manufacturer’s … Read more
