Stumpage Fees

• B.C. Conservatives pledge to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected

  Leader John Rustad announced his plan for the sector a week before the official launch of the provincial election campaign.

  Politics

  Sep 15
  
• Lumber, panel prices expected to remain elevated despite recent declines

  Forest product market analysts expect prices for lumber and building panels in North America will remain strong for several years.

  Oct 6, 2020
  
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• Record high lumber, panel prices drive Alberta stumpage fees to new heights

  Coniferous stumpage fees -- paid by forest companies for evergreen wood such as pine or spruce harvested from Crown land -- have nearly doubled to $67.31 in September.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2020
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• “Being in limbo is very tough”: Tolko mill workers describe impact of indefinite shutdown

  The Kelowna mill is the latest facility to shut down indefinitely in the wake of a major downturn in the forestry industry.

  Economy

  Oct 15, 2019
• B.C. won’t slash stumpage fees to help struggling forestry sector

  As the downturn in the forestry sector impacts hundreds of B.C. workers, the province's political parties are at odds over how to fix the problem.

  Economy

  Aug 26, 2019