Greatest value of forests is sustainable water supply

The forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report – but even so, forest resources will offer no “quick fix” to the insatiable, often conflicting demands for this precious resource.
This new view of forests [...]

Ontario vows to protect boreal forest

KAREN HOWLETT-Globe and Mail
TORONTO — The Ontario government has declared a huge swath of land in the Far North off-limits to industrial development, as part of a plan to combat climate change and preserve much of the province’s boreal forest and its endangered species.
The government has not yet drawn the boundaries for the areas to [...]

BC Forest Minister defends forest policy

-Arrow Lake News
Returning to the days of log harvest licences linked to local mills isn’t the solution for the struggling B.C. logging industry, says Forests Minister Pat Bell.
Bell, who took over from Rich Coleman in Premier Gordon Campbell’s June cabinet shuffle, faced callers angry about the collapse of the B.C. industry on CKNW’s Bill Good [...]

Auditor General to Release TFL Report

VICTORIA – A year long battle over the future of Vancouver Island’s undeveloped west coast could come to a head tomorrow.
That’s when BC’s auditor general will release a long awaited report into the Campbell government’s decision to allow a lumber company, Western Forest Products, to remove its land from a tree farm license.