The famed furry prognosticators provided mixed results today – Groundhog Day, with the majority leaning toward six more weeks of winter. Not to be outdone, it’s also World Wetlands Day, in honor of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in 1971.
Names in the news today include:
- Richard Garneau (Resolute’s retiring CEO) urges Ottawa not to capitulate on softwood lumber
- Ken Higginbotham (after 43 years in forestry) retires as Chair of the BC Forest Safety Council
- Scott Fraser (BC MLA) is getting involved in Union Bay’s logging/water concerns
- Coralee Oakes (BC Cariboo MLA) calls for action to stop the spruce beetle invasion
- Doug Reed (Green Diamond CEO) says carbon pricing in Washington can provide solutions
In other news: six BC university presidents are bidding to become Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster; planning is underway in 100 Mile House Community Forest; and the Indiana Forestry Division received both SFI and FSC re-certifications.
— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor