Bc Forestry

• B.C. forestry conference deals with DRIPA amid industry struggles

  Terry Teegee told the conference that DRIPA should be fully implemented to allow for predictability and sustainability of forestry, mining and other resource industries.

  Economy

  Apr 9
  
• B.C. forestry review calls for system to be razed, rebuilt, with a focus on trust

  The report says there also needs to be an arm's-length assessment of high-value old-growth trees to reduce conflict and ensure everyone is working from the same reliable data.

  Environment

  Feb 2
  
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• ‘Not a nickel’: Workers allege cuts to B.C. Interior logging pension plan

  The Interior Lumberman's Pension Plan was set up in the '70s for employees of smaller, non-unionized forestry sector companies in the B.C. Interior.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2024
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• B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher value wood manufacturing

  The Independent Wood Processors Association of B.C. says restricting raw lumber exports will create opportunities for higher-value manufacturing.

  Politics

  Dec 5, 2023
• Conservationists rap B.C. for ‘significant loophole’ in old-growth protection

  "The misclassification of some forests as being younger than they are (is) causing them to fall through the cracks," says TJ Watt, a campaigner with the Ancient Forest Alliance.

  Environment

  Oct 27, 2023
• B.C. introduces crowd sourcing mechanism to protect old growth forests, more habitat

  The government says $150 million will leverage further donations in a crowd-sourcing approach, encouraging other organizations and people to contribute to ecosystem protection.

  Environment

  Oct 26, 2023
• Building bridges with old bridges: Indigenous furniture shop blazes upcycling trail

  The company uses old logging bridges and wood it finds washed up or discarded in British Columbia to create unique and customized indoor furniture.

  Environment

  Sep 21, 2023
• Months after sawmill shutdown, Canfor plans to build new $200M-facility in Houston, B.C.

  A statement from Canfor says the company will spend about $200 million to build the "low cost, high efficiency" facility with site preparation scheduled for next spring.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2023
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• B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected

  The warming and drying trend that began in the mid-2000s coincided with pine beetle outbreaks that left swaths of B.C.'s forests dead, dry, brittle and ripe for wildfire.

  Fire

  Sep 11, 2023
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• Clear-cut logging caused 84% flood size increase in B.C. creek: UBC

  The Joe Ross Creek watershed is about 100 square kilometres, embedded in the Deadman River watershed, and has undergone increasing clear-cut logging over the years.

  Environment

  Aug 2, 2023