If you recently invested $700 in LEGO's Technic Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000, you might want to hold off on this one for the time being. However, if you're ready for another exciting endeavor, this 1,492-piece kit offers an excellent recreational project to keep you engaged until the next fantastic set arrives. Moreover, it comes with a somewhat wallet-friendly price tag of $199.99. The John Deere 948L-II Skidder offers a challenging build...
Presenting the 612 dual winch skidder, a specialized machine crafted for targeted harvesting tasks. This skidder is meticulously engineered to excel in selective logging scenarios, efficiently extracting valuable timber from challenging and delicate terrains, particularly steep areas. Crafted with precision, the Tigercat 612 series skidder platform is tailored to excel in extracting operations within demanding terrains during selective logging...
FPInnovations, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the Canadian forest sector's global competitiveness, has made significant advancements in fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction through the field testing of an innovative electric drive trailer designed for forest operations. In collaboration with Deloupe, FPInnovations has successfully developed a prototype trailer featuring an electric drive axle. The implementation...
The Collectif Mashk Assi, along with the protectors of the Innu ancestral land, are determined to demand an immediate cessation of logging activities in the northern region of the Laurentides wildlife reserve and the watershed of Lake Kénogami in Saguenay. During the weekend, activists took advantage of the logging sites being inactive to attach eviction notices onto the harvesters. Their demand is for a temporary halt to all logging...
Activists have criticized the government's old-growth forest protection plan, citing photographs of a historical tree felled in western Canada. They argue that logging companies are endangering fragile ecosystems by hastily harvesting timber. In an attempt to document potential old-growth forests, TJ Watt, a photographer, and Ian Thomas from the environmental advocacy group Ancient Forest Alliance journeyed to a stand of western red cedars...
Ontario Commits to Extending Logging Moratorium around Grassy Narrows First Nation for Additional Decade until 2034 "We wholeheartedly applaud this decision. Our fight for over 20 years has finally paid off, and we are immensely satisfied," said Joseph Fobister, an activist advocating for the protection of ancestral lands in the Whiskey Jack forest, in response to the announcement. Joseph Fobister, hailing from the Grassy Narrows First Nation,...
Sawmills located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region are being severely impacted by the rise in operational expenses and decline in lumber prices The Cooperative Forestier de Petit Paris sawmill located in Saint-Ludger-de-Milot is temporarily halting its operations, highlighting the severity of the situation. As long as the sawmill continues to operate at a loss caused by the decrease in lumber prices, it will implement one-week monthly...
The growing maple syrup industry in New Brunswick is calling on the province to impose a moratorium on logging in areas with a high concentration of sugar maple trees. The request comes as the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association awaits a response from the province about an expansion plan. It is claiming 12,000 hectares of more Crown land for syrup production, which is almost double the current allocation. Louise Poitras, the organization's...
Forestry entrepreneurs in Quebec have taken a facelift, with the average age now 48, or 5 years younger than in 2009. They are also more positive about the future, as 39% of between them want to grow their business. These data are part of the highlights of the Portrait of Québec forest entrepreneurs 2020-2021, unveiled at the annual ForêtCompétences conference. Forest entrepreneurs are younger than before, with 45% of them aged 44 and under,...
The answer may not be as simple as you think. The debate about choosing a real or artificial Christmas tree has been raging for years. Fresh trees smell great but can also be contaminated with various pesticides and metals; artificial trees are less of a hassle, but require year-round storage. But there is another, more important point: which type of spruce is a more climate-resilient option? To understand the essence of the issue, we have...
