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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Skye Ryan |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
‘None of us expected this’: Coombs’ Kingsley Trucking seized in bankruptcy By Skye Ryan Chek News April 25, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Glen Clarke carried a heavy load on his shoulders Friday, as he hitched up his semi for one of the last times.
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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Jes Burns |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
Forested swamps on the Northwest coast are some of the biggest carbon storehouses around, new research finds By Jes Burns Oregon Public Broadcasting April 26, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: United States, US West The coastlines of Oregon and Washington take many different forms: sandy beaches, rocky headlands, marshy flats, and swampy tidal forests of salt-tolerant Sitka spruce. These tidal swamps were once the primary type of coastal wetland in Oregon, but development...
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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Robert Barron |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
North Cowichan, Nanaimo mayors encourage province to harvest more wood By Robert Barron Cowichan Valley Citizen April 26, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West The mayors of North Cowichan and Nanaimo are urging the province to increase the amount of timber that can be harvested annually in the province.
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Maxine Bernstein |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
President of Eugene wood treatment plant gets 90-day prison term for lying to inspectors By Maxine Bernstein Oregon Live April 22, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: United States, US West A federal judge Tuesday sentenced the president of Eugene’s J.H. Baxter & Co. wood treatment plant to 90 days in prison for lying about the company’s illegal handling of hazardous waste at the site. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane called Georgia Baxter-Krause, 62, an “absent president” who...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen |Pete Madden
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The European Union plans to keep its climate goals but loosen rules to bolster economic growth. In related news: Canada concedes middle ground is collapsing on climate action. In related … → Read More
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Irving Paper will close half its Saint John, New Brunswick operation due to ‘uncompetitive’ electricity rates.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Tyler James |Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen
Oregon’s Burning Question: Why Are We Still Ignoring Indigenous Fire Wisdom? By Tyler James thatoregonlife.com February 26, 2025 Category: Forestry For over a century, the American environmental movement has been animated by an intuitive and simple idea: Protecting trees means leaving forests alone.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen |Pete Madden
Increase of domestic timber to boost UK economy and housebuilding Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs GOV.UK February 27, 2025 Category: Finance & Economics Region: International A new roadmap to get Britain building with the use of sustainable and low carbon building materials, will help solve the housing crisis and achieve 2050 net zero targets. New, ambitious plans to increase the use of timber in construction to boost the domestic timber industry, economic growth, rural...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen |Pete Madden
Ancient Indigenous artform gets high-tech help at Saanich’s Camosun College Victoria News February 27, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West Camosun College says their applied research and business innovation arm – Camosun Innovates – has developed a “ground breaking” technology that allows totem pole carving using sustainable second-growth cedar that combines traditional Indigenous art practices with modern engineering. Originally imagined by Indigenous artist Carey Newman, the...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Alex Baumhardt |Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen
Federal hiring freeze, firings hindering Oregon endangered owl monitoring, protection By Alex Baumhardt Oregon Public Broadcasting February 26, 2025 Category: Forestry Each spring, the U.S. Forest Service hires dozens of seasonal biologists to venture into remote Northwest forests on federal land and set up acoustic recorders to monitor for sounds indicating the presence of northern spotted owls, a threatened species. There are only as many as 5,000 northern spotted owls left in the...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Stephen Powney |Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen
The global woodworking press gathered in Hanover for the media launch of this year’s Ligna exhibition – the world’s largest woodworking technology fair. The official Ligna Press Preview event, held at Hannover Messe on February 20 and attended by TTJ, saw Ligna organiser Deutsche Messe reveal that more than 1,200 exhibitors from all over the world will occupy around 112,000m2 of exhibition space in May, sending a strong signal in a challenging industry situation.
