WPAC expands international reach with new website and Japanese market awareness campaign
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Editor's Note 
 
Hello, this is Andrew Snook with your news of the week. In today’s newsletter read about WPAC's Japanese market awareness campaign, COFI Convention highlights, and more. Happy reading!
- Andrew Snook, Editor
 
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COFI 2025 Convention kicks off in Prince George

Themed, ““Where Do We Stand? Strategies for Competitiveness and Sustainability,” this year’s COFI Convention focuses on factors and innovations that can reshape the future of the forest sector in B.C.


BDO Zone Initiative gains widespread support as catalyst for American energy dominance

The Biofuel Development Opportunity Zone Initiative is rapidly gaining momentum as a groundbreaking approach to empowering rural prosperity, enabling energy independence and unleashing America’s energy potential.


How forestry is supporting biodiversity in Northumberland County

Trudging through thigh-deep snow on a startlingly blue day in late February, the only sound is the wind in the white pines and the crunch of our boots breaking through the snow’s crisp surface, and it’s hard to imagine the head-high grasses, monarch butterflies and wheeling nighthawks that will soon populate this landscape.


 
 
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COFI Convention: Finding innovative solutions to wildfire management

Keynote speaker John Kitzhaber, former Governor of the State of Oregon, discussed the need for new creative solutions to wildfire, conservation, community safety and economic development during Day 2 of the COFI 2025 Convention. » Read More...
 
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WPAC expands international reach with new website and Japanese market awareness campaign

Wood Pellet Association of Canada is making strides in international market engagement with the launch of a multi-lingual website and a targeted Japanese market awareness campaign. » Read More...
 
 
News 
 

B.C. Minister of Forests announces new Forestry Support Bureau, promising action to protect jobs and strengthen the sector

At the recent meeting of United Steelworkers union Local 1-2017 in Prince George, B.C.’s Minister of Forests, Ravi Parmar, spoke about acting on a proposal that has been pushed for over two decades by the USW. » Read More...

Unifor calls for Team Canada approach to forestry following preliminary decision to more than double U.S. softwood lumber duties

Unifor is calling for a large-scale Team Canada approach to support the forestry sector across Canada after the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recent announcement that will more than double the combined duties on Canadian softwood lumber. » Read More...

Statement from NAHB chairman Buddy Hughes on U.S. President Trump’s tariff announcement

Buddy Hughes, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Lexington, N.C., issued the following statement after President Trump announced a wide range of reciprocal tariffs on several nations. » Read More...

 
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A new ally in B.C.?

To put it politely, the current Government of B.C. and the forest sector have not always gotten along. » Read More...

 
Events 
 
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Canadian Hydrogen Convention    -    April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025 | Edmonton Convention Centre - Edmonton, Canada » Read More...

TAPPICon

May 4 - May 7, 2025 | Minneapolis Convention Center - Minneapolis, Minn. » Read More...

Forest Innovation & Bioeconomy Conference

May 6 - 8, 2025 | Westin Bayshore - Vancouver, B.C. » Read More...

Atlantic BIOCON

June 3-6, 2025 | Delta Saint John - Saint John, N.B. » Read More...