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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Ben Miljure |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
B.C. First Nations return to traditional practices to reduce wildfire risk By Ben Miljure CTV News June 5, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West As wildfire seasons seem to grow longer and more intense year after year, many B.C. First Nations are looking to the past for solutions to make their communities more fire resilient. In the northwest corner of the province, the Cheslatta First Nation has come under threat multiple times in recent years. “Almost half of Cheslatta’s...
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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Alix Soliman |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Feds ask court to dismiss timber industry lawsuit that aims to increase Tongass old-growth logging By Alix Soliman KTOO June 6, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West The largest timber companies operating in Southeast Alaska want the Tongass National Forest to sell them more old-growth timber, and they’re suing the federal government to get it. … The Alaska Forest Association along with two of their members, Viking Lumber and Alcan Timber, filed the lawsuit in March, alleging...
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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Darren Handschuh |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Okanagan Indian Band, Tolko Industries still cleaning up after White Rock Lake wildfire By Darren Handschuh Castanet June 7, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West The Okanagan Indian Band is continuing efforts to clean up after the 2021 White Rock Lake wildfire.
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Tiffany Crawford |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
There’s a wildfire crisis in Western Canada. Why is this happening so early in the season? By Tiffany Crawford Vancouver Sun May 31, 2025 Category: Forest Fires It’s not yet summer, but out-of-control wildfires are raging across Western Canada, fuelled by drought, warmer temperatures and lack of rainfall.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Alexandra Skinner |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Protecting Hearing in the Forest Industry By Alexandra Skinner, WorkSafeBC The Truck LoggerBC Magazine May 28, 2025 Category: Special Feature Employers must follow safety protocols, ensure proper hearing protection, and regularly monitor noise levels.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Don Procter |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
CLT superstructure ready to rise on former parking lot in Kensington Market By Don Procter The Daily Commercial News May 26, 2025 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: Canada East This summer a superstructure for a four-storey housing complex will rise on a former public parking lot in Toronto’s Kensington Market.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Graeme Wood |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
B.C. First Nations, cities unite to oppose infrastructure bill By Graeme Wood Business in Vancouver May 22, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Leaders from local governments and First Nations held a joint press conference Thursday to voice their collective opposition to the B.C. government’s Bill 15, which aims to expedite infrastructure products. …“If passed into law, Bill 15 would give greater powers to cabinet to expedite the approval of projects it deems to be...
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Andrew Kurjata |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Industry group questions ‘vague scope’ of new B.C. forestry council By Andrew Kurjata CBC News May 16, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West The B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) says it isn’t sure why the province has created a new forestry council with a “vague scope and mandate” when there are already multiple working groups focused on the troubled resource sector. On Thursday, the province announced the formation of the Provincial Forest Advisory Council,...
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Courtney Sherwood |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it By Courtney Sherwood Oregon Public Broadcasting May 14, 2025 Category: Forestry After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor
Incoming La Nina weather expected to be a B.C. drought-buster Canadian Press in Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle October 2, 2024 Category: Forestry British Columbia’s nagging drought could be eased by an incoming weather pattern that may bring a colder and wetter than normal winter, says Sean Fleming, an adjunct UBC professor of atmospheric sciences. The prolonged drought has caused wildfires to burn year-round, forced some communities to ration water supplies and dangerously lowered water...
