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Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate Volume 16, Issue 21
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
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate Volume 16, Issue 18
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
Silviculture Report Cites Increasing Planting, Decreasing Workforce
The WSCA 2011 Report on the State of the BC Silviculture Industry has identified retaining and recruiting competent workers as a challenge for the sector as it heads into 2012 when planting and stand tending activities will increase. A decade of stagnate or declining bid prices has taken its toll on the silvliculture sector affecting … Read more
PRT Announces Closure of Tree Seedling Nursery
Nurseries replenishing B.C.’s forests wither on the vine
Stumped: B.C. reforestation
On an overcast morning in early May, a chill bites the air with just the slightest of ocean breezes. It’s as if winter never left. Days earlier, snow, hail and wind arrived to knock the pink blossoms off of boulevard cherry trees and make a mockery of southern Vancouver Island’s so-called “Mediterranean” climate. Read more