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Feature Articles
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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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WSCA 2010 Annual Conference "What's Next?" Program
Jan 25, 2010 - This year's Prince George WSCA Annual Conference, Trade Show and AGM starts off with two days of training (Monday and Tuesday 25 and 26 January 2010) preceding our always interesting three days (Wednesday through Friday 27-29 January 2010) of panels, plenary sessions and workshops covering the practical, the political and the policy that will shape the future of forestry in B.C. Read More
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Weekly Fire Update
Sep 30, 2009 - The Final 2009 Weekly Fire Situation Report (WSR) has been released. Please find attached the WSCA summary as a PDF document. 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 Pilot Proposal
May 21, 2009 12:16 - Although the WSCA pilot proposal has been shopped around by the WSCA since the membership declared two years ago that we should develop a proposal to kick-start the MPB harvest and the bio-energy industry as a strategy to keep our sector and the forests in full vigour: it has been officially declined by the Ministry.
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WSCA Rumour Mill
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
WSCA training site up and running: www.wscacourses.ca
Oct 7, 2009 - For more information on scheduling and registering for WSCA safety training courses for ATV, Light Truck Driver training, power saw operation and supervision go to http://www.wscacourses.ca/
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Interim analysis shows 2009 harvest in steep decline.
Aug 13, 2009 - Harvest billing trends so far for 2009 indicate lean sowing and planting seasons ahead into 2011. Will government give the silviculture sector a boost with an expanded and prompt restoration response to this year's fires? 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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