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Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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Feature Articles
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Request for Expression of Interest - Training
Mar 2, 2010 - The Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association's BC SAFE Silviculture Project is asking for expressions of interest from candidates interested in becoming contract instructors for adult training intended to reduce injuries and fatalities in the BC silviculture sector. Read More
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WSCA Insists on Seat at Woodworker's Lien Act Revision Table
Feb 19, 2010 14:43 - The WSCA is continuing to press the BC Minister of Forests and his Parliamentary Secretary to include the silviculture industry in ongoing talks to rewrite the antique Woodworkers' Lien Act. Read More
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WSCA Awarded Western Economic Diversification and Job Opportunities Projects
Feb 19, 2010 14:39 - The WSCA has been awarded forestry projects worth approximately $1.7 million from both the federal and provincial governments as part of the ongoing rural economic stimulus strategy. Read More
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Restoring ravaged forests.
Feb 4, 2010 - Re: Billion-plus trees killed by pine beetle turns B.C.'s forests into carbon emitter, report says, Jan. 12th. Read More
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Back to basics with the global warming debate.
Aug 11, 2009 - When a two-ton tree burns to the ground, as in a forest fire, it emits into the atmosphere roughly three tons of carbon dioxide. Read More
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Hoarsemen of the Wildfire Apocalypse
Aug 4, 2009 15:02 - A reflection on Australia's killer fire year. Is there a lesson for B.C. in the Antipodes' recent bush fires catastrophe? Read More
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A Parliamentary Secretary for Silviculture: Stewarding forests gets deserved recognition.
Aug 4, 2009 - Premier Campbell’s recent appointment of John Rustad MLA Nechako Lakes as Parliamentary Secretary for Silviculture under the aegis of B.C. Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell is good news. Read More
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WSCA Rumour Mill
WSCA delivers decade of benefits to sector
Feb 19, 2010 20:30 - Tough times may be shortening some people's memories as they consider the benefits of supporting the WSCA. A synopsis of some of the measurable achievements of the WSCA over the last decade shows the value of the silviculture sector maintaining a role in government and public affairs. Read More
Minister Urges WSCA to Lobby Western Climate Initiative, ENGOs, Public
Feb 19, 2010 20:29 - The Minister of Forests and Range has urged the WSCA to lobby the Western Climate Initiative, environmental NGOs and the general public to encourage the recognition of forest restoration as a key component to meeting the B.C. government's climate change initiatives. Read More
Government must act to renew forests.
Jan 20, 2010 - B.C.'s modest tree-planting goals are falling far short of the need. Read More
BC Tree Planters Want Premier to Present Provincial Forest Health Strategy at Copenhagen
Dec 16, 2009 - In a year when British Columbia produced more tons of wildfire smoke than it did lumber, the province’s tree planters want Premier Campbell to announce in Copenhagen how his government’s climate change strategy will deal with B.C.’s ominous forest health crisis. Read More
WSCA 2010 Conference Asks "What's Next?"
Dec 15, 2009 - It seems the current B.C. forest management model may not be suitable any longer to properly support forest ecosystems, communities or the economies they generate. The beetle plague, the wildfires, the pending fall down of the timber supply, the inability to capitalize on the biomass windfall along with the collapsing timber product sales are, in part, symptoms of how we manage the forest resource. Things then must change. What will the next forest, next forest economy and the next forest management model look like? This is the theme for next year's conference. Read More
News & Media
Deal with urban wildfire risks now, forest watchdog warns.
Feb 4, 2010 - Local governments need to impose stricter controls on new subdivisions where nearby forests pose a fire risk, says a report released Wednesday by the Forest Practices Board. Read More
Study Finds Global Warming Will Stress Region's Forests
Jan 8, 2010 - Leading University of Montana researchers have released results of a new study that shows climate change will increase drought stress in northern Rocky Mountain forests, leading to increased potential for insect infestations and risk of more frequent and severe wildfires. Read More
Are Rednecks the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Management?
Jan 7, 2010 - In the United States, correlates with fire suppression
and population explosions of game animals appear to me to
include the quality of reception of National Public Radio stations
as well as local densities of Volvos and other foreign cars. Read More
New direction for U.S. forests: restore and conserve.
Aug 18, 2009 - Restoration and conservation: Those are the goals that will guide management of the U.S. forest system under the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in his first major policy address on the nation's forests. Read More
Federal beetle-wood funding could have prevented wildfires, First Nations group says.
Aug 14, 2009 - The late afternoon sun highlights smoke from a burning forest fire between Lytton and Lillooet, British Columbia north of Vancouver August 5, 2009.
Photo Credit: Andy Clark , Reuters Read More
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