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| Credibility gap |
| Source: Atlantic Forestry magazine, by David Palmer |
| Date: 13-Mar-2013 |
| Editorial from the March 2013 issue --
Three industry buzzwords making the rounds these days are productivity, competitiveness, and innovation. The implication is that all our economic problems would disappear if only we would innovate more, compete harder, and be more productive. Mills wouldn’t close, workers wouldn’t migrate west, and incomes would rise.
PRODUCTIVE
Who doesn’t wan... (read more) |
| The sap is up and running |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 13-Mar-2013 |
| Maple syrup season is underway in Nova Scotia!
Some 375,000 taps across the province will yield more than 140,000 liters of sweet maple sap this spring, according to the Maple Producers Association of Nova Scotia.
And on the family sugar bush near the Rodney Road, just outside Springhill, N.S., Kevin McCormick is running taps on 24,000 trees.
According to McCormick, a producer who retai... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Forest Service: Flame on |
| Source: MotherJones.com |
| Date: 08-Mar-2013 |
| The US Forest Service has reversed its 2012 policy reversal, and this year will not be taking the "aggressive initial attack" strategy for wildfires.
The agency has decided to return to its mandate of letting small, remote fires burn - as a healthy part of the ecosystem, and as a means to clear dead timber and underbrush to help guard against larger fires later.
Fires that are spa... (read more on MotherJones.com) |
| Sap season |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca |
| Date: 07-Mar-2013 |
| Fenwick, NS - Don Donkin and his crew are fully engaged in the 2013 maple syrup season.
The sweet sap began trickling from maple trees a little over a week ago, and this past weekend it started to run full force.
“We had 1,000 gallons (close to 3,800 litres) of sap on Saturday and Sunday. We had 200 gallons on Saturday and 800 gallons on Sunday,” said Donkin. “That is a beautiful start…a ve... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| No rail for Miramichi |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 07-Mar-2013 |
| Miramichi Lumber planned to ship 600 rail cars of wood chips and 100 cars of lumber per year to Saint John by train beginning this spring - but they'll need the rail line to be replaced for that to happen.
Workers began ripping up the line on Wednesday.
"I was pretty disappointed. We were in negotiations to commence moving chips to Saint John to the Irving facility starting in May... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| US slaps duties on Chinese plywood |
| Source: TTJonline.com |
| Date: 06-Mar-2013 |
| The US has now imposed heavy preliminary countervailing duties of 22.63% on imported Chinese hardwood plywood.
Three Chinese producers who were investigated in detail were not given duties, while some 15 Chinese producers who have not responded to the investigation have been handed 27.16% preliminary duties.
Officials said that the government's decision found a lack of evidence of Chin... (read more on TTJonline.com) |
| 7 groups bid for NS community forest |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 05-Mar-2013 |
| The NS government now has a short list of groups who will get a chance to manage some of the old Bowater forest land in a "community forest" pilot project.
The St Margarets Bay Stewardship Association is one group who submitted a proposal. A consortium of sawmills led by Freemans Lumber in Queens County is another.
In addition to harvesting, community forests can be used for tour... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Seasonal observations |
| Source: Atlantic Forestry magazine, by David Palmer |
| Date: 04-Mar-2013 |
| Editorial from the July 2012 issue of Atlantic Forestry --
June 10 is generally considered by gardeners in New Brunswick to be the last day for killer frosts. After that, the beans and other tender crops should be safe. Although it is not recognized on any calendar or observed by any organizations, June 10 is also the greenest day of the year, according to my reckoning. It is the day when the ... (read more) |
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| PHP mill suing Bengal Paper for unpaid bills |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 04-Mar-2013 |
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Port Hawkesbury Paper is suing Bengal Paper over two orders that haven't been paid for. One has not been shipped, and will be held until PHP can find another buyer.
PHP claims that Bengal owes it $298,003 for paper sold and delivered in 2012.
As well, PHP says it owes $155,640 for paper that Bengal allegedly ordered earlier this year.
“The plaintiff says the defendant’s failure to ... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Variable maple season shaping up |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress |
| Date: 26-Feb-2013 |
| Last year's dry weather could be having some long-term effects in Ontario - maple syrup producers are gearing up for the 2013 season, but the trees may be a bit behind due to stress from last year.
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food says many maple sugar bushes are likely stressed this year, due to extensive drought-like conditions.
In many areas of southern Ontario, the lack... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| NL has plan to help mill |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca |
| Date: 21-Feb-2013 |
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Natural Resources Minister Tom Marshall announced that the province is prepared to help Corner Brook Pulp and Paper continue to operate, but first, the company and its unions need to settle their issues.
Dunderdale said if the company and its workers are able to resolve their issues, the province will be in a place where it has a plan and agreement with Kruger.
... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| Festive trees, sales flat |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 21-Feb-2013 |
| Christmas tree sales across Nova Scotia took a big hit in 2012.
Nova Scotia Christmas tree sales were down by about $1 million in 2012, according to veteran grower Matt Wright, industry co-ordinator with the Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia.
“It’s been difficult across North America,” he said in an interview Wednesday.
however the “buy local” movement has increased the popularity of... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| New product: Maple water |
| Source: OntarioFarmer.com |
| Date: 14-Feb-2013 |
| A unique product, 100% pure maple water, is being launched in Quebec.
The natural liquid has a fresh and delicately sweet flavor.
It will be harvested once a year in the spring, and then sterilized using a method that preserves all its original characteristics for 18 months at room temperature.
According to the marketer, "When you taste it, it's like experiencing or reliving th... (read more on OntarioFarmer.com) |
| Whiteout conditions |
| Source: Atlantic Forestry magazine, by David Lindsay |
| Date: 12-Feb-2013 |
| From the January 2013 issue --
For Nova Scotians, this winter came in not with a flurry but with a veritable blizzard of forestry-related news. While the province’s purchase of the half-million-acre Bowater Mersey woodlands was long understood to be a done deal, the government took time to build up public support in advance of the announcement, anticipating and rebutting every conceivable cou... (read more) |
| Boreal Forest Agreement not smooth sailing |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 11-Feb-2013 |
| A group of forest industry executives and conservationists are quietly forging agreements that will permit an increase in logging while also protecting endangered caribou and fragile ecosystems.
But they say they’re being stymied by bureaucracy.
“Our patience is wearing thin,” said Anna Baggio, director of conservation planning for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. “We just need the... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Wood-first flops in Halifax |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca |
| Date: 08-Feb-2013 |
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| An effective backlash from the concrete industry has helped to sink an HRM policy initiative that was aimed at promoting wood-first construction.
The Atlantic Wood Works group, a program of the Maritime Lumber Bureau, had asked for implementation of a policy in HRM that would consider wood as a primary construction material before all others in future HRM construction projects.
After heavy l... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
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