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Spotlight
A search and destroy strategy in Alberta is
helping to fight the march of the mountain
pine beetle from the BC Interior. |
New Band Saw for Moggie
Valley
A new Select double-cut band saw is
helping Ontario sawmill Moggie Valley
Timber deal with the larger red and white
plantation pine now coming its way. |
| Upgrade at Chapleau Mill
Tembec’s Chapleau,
Ontario operation is
going to three shifts
and starting what will
eventually amount to
$20 million of
upgrades and changes
to the mill. |
Making the Transition to
at-the-stump
Logging contractor
Claude D’Amours is
making the transition
to at-the-stump processing,
and is carefully
planning out the
equipment changes. |
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Keeping Harvesting Happening
BC logging contractor Gary Collins was
dealing with a lot of muddy ground this
past summer, but his experienced crew
was able to keep harvesting happening. |
Al-Pac a Certification Leader
Alberta Pacific Forest Industries recently
received FSC certification for its massive
5.5 million hectare Forest Management
Area in northeastern Alberta and now has
control over the largest FSC-certified
forest in the world. |
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Working on Ontario’s Forest
Industry Future
Facing predicted fibre
shortfalls, there are
demands for an audit
of Ontario’s forest
resource to establish
the long-term future
of the industry. |
Forestry FAQs: Newfoundland
and Labrador
This month, Logging & Sawmilling Journal
goes east and takes a look at the facts and
figures on Newfoundland and Labrador’s
forest base and its forest industry. |
