In an earlier post, we shared a video and some highlights from a recent trip to Sidney Island where we caught up with Paul Nimmon and his silviculture crew carrying out a juvenile spacing and tree pruning operation. As follow up, we've included information from one of our favourite resources, Managing Your Woodland: A Non-forester's Guide to Small-scale Forestry in British Columbia, to help consider how you might apply some of these treatments to your own woodland. Follow the link to [read more] ...» 

Domestic Log Prices Flat Line While Forest Product Markets Rise

How is it domestic log prices flat line while forest product markets rise? The short answer: Log export restrictions continue to hurt log producers, even though the market for forest products has improved considerably. As U.S. construction activity increases, and the demand from Asia holds, media stories report a strong resurgence in the forest products industry after a long lean period [read more]...» 

If you're a forest owner on a small island on the coast of British Columbia you inevitably face challenges. These challenges are exacerbated if the island you're on doesn't have ferry service---- equipment has to be barged in, logs have to be barged or boomed out, and your unit costs are even higher because you deal in small [read more]...»