Norbord staff praised for emergency response
Workers at the Norbord wood processing plants in Inverness and Stirling have been praised for their vital role in providing much needed materials during the COVID-19 response. The plants at…
Reducing spring wildfires and protecting municipalities
Alberta Wildfire is hiring 200 additional firefighters, invoking a fire ban, implementing off-highway vehicle (OHV) restrictions, increasing fine violations and funding $20 million more in community FireSmart initiatives, all to…
Emergency Crews responding to explosion at paper mill in Maine
Androscoggin Mill in Jay pictured in 2018. Photo Courtesy of Verso Corp. On Wednesday a large explosion severely damaged the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine. It is not yet known…
Northern Pulp prepared to invest in modernizing mill and revitalizing Nova Scotia’s forestry sector
ABERCROMBIE, NS – Northern Pulp Nova Scotia (Northern Pulp) has requested Nova Scotia Environment issue a timely, well-defined, and outcome-based Environmental Assessment process for its proposed Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF)…
£10m to boost tree planting in second auction of Woodland Carbon Guarantee
£10m available from the Woodland Carbon Guarantee’s £50m pot for farmers and land managers to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change.Applicants must apply by 5…
Wildfire in radioactive forest spreads near Chernobyl
Wildfire burning in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photo by Yaroslav Yemelianenko. The fire has come to within about two kilometers of the abandoned nuclear reactor that exploded in 1986. The…
Forest Live 2020 cancelled
Image credit Lee Blanchflower Forest Live, the summer concert series presented by Forestry England, where acts perform in spectacular woodland locations around the country has been cancelled. Forestry England statement:…
Pulp production surging while lumber producers wait on U.S. housing starts
By: Ian Ross The unexpected consumer run on toilet paper during the COVID-19 outbreak has provided an opportunistic teaching point. Derek Nighbor, president-CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), said panicked buying of…
Nordic sawmillers reduce production in response to reduced UK demand
Several key Nordic softwood sawmillers have implemented production cutbacks in response to reduced UK demand for sawn timber. Bergs Timber and Södra were two large Nordic sawmillers to make announcements…
Deere Begins Production Of Protective Face Shields for Health-Care Workers
Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has joined a number of organizations and companies across the country to produce…