silviculture

BC Tree Planters Want Premier to Present Provincial Forest Health Strategy at Copenhagen

December 16, 2009

In a year when British Columbia produced more tons of wildfire smoke than it did lumber, the province’s tree planters want Premier Campbell to announce in Copenhagen how his government’s climate change strategy will deal with B.C.’s ominous forest health crisis.  Read more

N.B. maple producers to get silviculture funding

May 27, 2009

Maple syrup producers in New Brunswick will receive $300,000 in the coming fiscal year for silviculture operations on sugar bush stands.  Read more

Revised formula will encourage silviculture investments on New Brunswick private woodlots

May 27, 2009

A new funding formula for silviculture investments on private woodlots will see the contribution level from landowners reduced to 10 per cent this year, New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister Wally Stiles announced in April.  Read more

New Brunswick Crown land silviculture budget increasing by $4.75 million

May 27, 2009

A $4.75-million increase in silviculture operations on Crown land will be providing about 300 additional jobs for New Brunswickers this year, Natural Resources Minister Wally Stiles announced on April 14.  Read more

Federal government funds New Brunswick silviculture

May 27, 2009

Atlantic Canada to receive $100.4 million in support through the new Community Adjustment Fund.  Read more

Bio-energy Economics Offer Opportunities to Rural Communities

October 8, 2008

At a recent WSCA silviculture field tour mayors and regional directors heard how silviculture, forest restoration, wildfire threat abatement and bio-energy can form a virtuous circle of ecological and economic activity benefitting communities, particularly if bio-generation is kept on a modest scale and includes generating heat for municipal infrastructure.  Read more

Nurseries replenishing B.C.’s forests wither on the vine

September 29, 2008

The way Robin Dawes sees it, there’s no doubt she’s a farmer. As the nursery manager for K & C Silviculture Ltd., in Oliver, B.C., Ms. Dawes is responsible for overseeing 120 greenhouses stocked with seedlings.  Read more

Planned Large Scale Eco-system Restoration Will Need Skilled Crews and Contractors

February 9, 2007

WSCA Conference:In order to restore large tracts of lands damaged by pest and fire the province will need a skilled workforce capable of treating millions of hectares of forests in threatened communities, watersheds and habitat.  Read more

Do We Need a Silviculture Boss in B.C?

December 18, 2006

In 2006 the silviculture contracting sector planted 280 million seedlings in British Columbia. This is the third largest planting program ever undertaken in BC, and the third largest program of its kind in Canada.  Read more

Field Survey Measures Silviculture Health and Safety Practices and Attitudes in B.C.

June 2, 2006

A field study assessing silviculture workers’ behaviour and the level of health and safety training, instruction, and supervision received in the workplace will cross the province this spring and summer.  Read more

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