April 1996 Table of Contents

Canada's Leading Forestry Publication

• New Deere Buncher
  Eastern and western contractors assess the new 653E.
• Riverside Forest Products
  A $17 million upgrade produces a 12-percent recovery gain
• OSB Fast Track
  Ainsworth opens its second OSB plant in as many years.
• Caribou-Friendly Harvesting
  A look at a working study in BC's Chilcotin region.
• Eye on the Orient
  With a confusing Timber West/Fletcher Challenge ownership behind it, the Elk Falls lumber mill invests $16 million to retool for Asian markets.
• Unmasking the Eco-Myths
  Ex-Greenpeace activist Patrick works these days to counter the forestry myths and misinformation put forth by radical environmentalists. Most don't have a clue what they are talking about, says Moore.
• Ancient Enterprise Still Thriving
  The oak forests and processing industry of France predate the Romans. LSJ's peripatetic editor Reg Barclay takes us inside a highly efficient plant in Burgundy, France.
• Diploma Mill with a Difference
  A Crestbrook Forest Industries program that combines on-site industrial training with high school completion courses is well-accepted by employees.
• Marketplace: Supplier NewsLine
  Equipment information including the Implemax Equipment skid steer grapple, the Dynaweld detachable trailer model, the Imac PowerSwivel, the Morbark Model 1300 Tub Grinder, and more.
• TECH UPDATE
  This month: Kiln controls including Drystar Computer Kiln Controller, Winkiln Control System, Custom Dry Kiln PLC and more.
• New Era in Bush Communications
  Forest companies working in remote locations will welcome TMI Communications' new mobile satellite communications network.

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