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Great Lakes Forestry Funding
The Government of Canada announced Tuesday $5-million in new funding for Natural Resources Canada’s Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The funding will be used for energy-efficiency and infrastructure upgrades to the Centre, which conducts research on sustainable forest management, biological control of forest pests and diseases, forest productivity and forest fire…
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Timber Allocation: Québec
A forestry agreement signed Monday halts a $180-million Cree lawsuit against the Quebec government. The agreement between the Quebec government and the Grand Council of the Crees calls for co-management of forestry cutting and protection of woodland caribou in northern Quebec. It establishes more than 9,000 square kilometres in new protected areas where no forestry…
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Thirteen Storey Timber Tower: Québec
Québec City’s Pointe-aux-Lievres eco-district is getting a 13-storey tower constructed mostly of cross laminated timber (CLT), with 12 storeys of apartments on top of a concrete podium, according to the Deccan Herald July 10. The condominium building, designed by Yvan Blouin, is being marketed as Origine.Origine is being built by Nordic Structures, who are of…
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Oregon Timber Harvest: 2014
Oregon’s timber harvest decreased slightly last year, ending a four-year run of gains that began after the Great Recession, the state Department of Forestry said Wednesday. The 4.13 billion board feet harvested in 2014 represents a 1.7 per cent decline from the year before. It was, however, the second consecutive year of more than 4…
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Sawmill Fires
Fire crews in Maple Ridge, BC, Friday morning knocked down an early morning fire at the Southcoast Reman lumber mill. Flames, sparks and smoke could be seen spitting out of a conveyor belt leading to the dust collection equipment. Maple Ridge firefighters used a ladder-mounted hose to extinguish most of the flames from above. As…
