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PLT Canada has received funding from NRCan’s Science and Technology Internship Program to provide young people with internships in the forest and conservation sector. The internship program helps young Canadians aged 15 to 30.
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Wildfire destroyed most homes and structures in the village, along with the local ambulance station and RCMP detachment.
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The new centre will feature a simulator immersion lab, demonstration woodlot, innovative technology and programming designed to meet the needs of the province’s forestry industry.
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The government of B.C. has announced it will provide $4.3 million in funding for 42 local governments and First Nations to support wildfire risk reduction efforts.
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The PDI kiln heating system utilizes PDI’s proprietary waste wood burner and air-to-air heat exchangers to provide ash-free heat for up to two kilns at a time. PDI’s economical waste wood burner is capable providing a steady, stable source of heat while burning a variety of waste fuels with varying moisture content. A heat exchanger allows the combustion heat to be transferred to the inside of the kiln without exposing the final product to any ash or disrupting the airflow balance inside the kiln. PDI’s kiln heating system includes its own control system and supports full integration with kiln controls.
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As logging contractors face increasingly tight profit margins, it’s more important than ever that they to stay up-to-date about new technology that can help boost their productivity and efficiency. That’s why on June 15, CFI hosted the first-ever OptiLog Forestry Tech Forum, focused on the future of harvesting technologies and processes. Here are some key takeaways.
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Groupe Aishkatsh, which was founded last year by Steeve Paul, Philippe Buckell, James Moar and Éric Courtois, is an integrated firm run by Indigenous entrepreneurs based on a “strength in numbers” philosophy that combines road building, loading, transportation, and forestry operations. The company is bringing forestry opportunities to Indigenous community members.
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The funding includes $2 million for silviculture on private land, $1 million for roads on private land, $1 million for silviculture on Crown land, $400,000 for roads on Crown land and $1 million to train workers to support the implementation of ecological forestry practices outlined in the Lahey Report.
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In its latest quarterly summary, Wood Resources International says lumber prices in the U.S. have “taken off to levels where they have never been before.” In April of 2021, average prices reached record levels that were more than three times as high as 12 months earlier.
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At least 24 of those fires are believed to have been caused by lightning and two by human activity.
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So far, the 2021 forest fire season has been an active one, with 502 fires reported across the province. But, the fires have burned a smaller number of hectares than the 10-year average, at 77,900 hectares.
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