Is aggressive salvage logging in B.C. causing the crash of the moose populations?
The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the salvage logging (Kalamitätsnutzung) of the beetle-killed pine forests in British Columbia is being blamed for moose populations in the interior crashing by up to 70%.
Opinion-Editorial from British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Ensuring a sustainable timber supply, with the right mix of tree species, is a top priority for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
Nova Scotia providing $1 million fund for building and maintaining private woodlot roads
The province of Nova Scotia is making $1 million available so private woodlot owners, including those in Queens County and the South Shore, can access more of their forest land.
The provincial fund is helping woodlot owners build and maintain woodlot roads.
British Columbia makes regulatory changes to provide access to logging slash to bioenergy producers
British Columbia‘s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today regulatory changes that provide access to logging slash and wood waste fibre needed by bioenergy producers and manufacturers of wood pellets and other bio-
B.C. Forest Minister reappoints 4 Forest Practices Board members
British Columbia Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has announced the reappointment of four board members to the Forest Practices Board for terms of two years each.
Devon Lumber in Fredericton has wood chips piled 2 storeys high and no buyers
Harry Gill, president of Devon Lumber Company in Fredericton, New Brunswick, said he has no market for his wood chips now that so many pulp mills are shut down in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, and Quebec.
