Just over a month away, the Canadian Bioeconomy Conference and Exhibition (the largest event of its kind in Canada) is showcasing an impressive list of presenters and exhibitors. The BC Community Forest Association is hosting their 2018 AGM at the site of BC’s first community forest – Burns Lake; and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative says “Forests are the Answer” – find out why at their annual conference in Colorado.
Headline highlights:
- The first mass-timber building on Vancouver Island is coming to Esquimalt;
- The Alberta forestry sector fears labour disruption at CP Rail will make a “tough situation even worse”;
- Snow loads in Terrace expose poor building conditions at Skeena Sawmills impacting modernization plans;
- and an activist for the forest industry and Whitecourt Alberta city councillor, Ray Hilts, speaks up about woodland caribou, the forest sector and support for his community.
–Sandy McKellar, Tree Frog Editor