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January 31, 2025

Congratulations to the recipients of the Ernie Strickland Memorial Scholarship

William Woods (BSc Forestry 2nd year at UNB) and Jessy Normandeau (Millwright program at CCNB Bathurst) are this year's recipients of the Ernie Strickland Memorial Scholarship.

The Ernie Strickland Memorial Scholarship has been awarded annually since 1998 to forest sector family members. This memorial scholarship honours Ernie Strickland, who was an instructor at the Maritime Forest Ranger School and a dedicated volunteer to the forestry sector.

Pictured left to right: William Woods (BSc Forestry 2nd year at UNB) and Jessy Normandeau (Millwright program at CCNB Bathurst)

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January 29, 2025

Opinion: Why Canada should use lumber as leverage in a trade war with Trump

An increase in lumber prices would fuel inflation, shrink disposable income, and strain the U.S.'s consumer-driven economy

Special to Financial Post. Published Jan 27, 2025

January 29, 2025

VIDEO: Bats in NB webinar recording

Recording of webinar hosted by NBFWO and NWAI on Jan 23, 2025. Presenter: Dr. Karen Vanderwolf.

January 27, 2025

Interprovincial trade could help blunt Trump tariffs. These are 3 barriers

by Global News, Jan 23, 2025

January 27, 2025

After years of a brutal killer fungus, bats in N.B. are showing signs of resilience

by CBC NB, Jan 26, 2025

January 20, 2025

VIDEO: Thinning A Young Forest Using Log Tongs

by Maine Organic Farmers
14 sept 2021

January 15, 2025

Walnut Trees’ 40-Million-Year-Old Secret: How They Switch Genders Every Season

UC Davis graduate student Jeffrey Groh has discovered how walnut trees are able to produce flowers of different sexes at different times in the same season. Pictured, Groh with a California black walnut tree on the UC Davis campus. Credit: Sasha Bakhter, College of Biological Sciences

by Andy Fell, University of California - Davis, January 5, 2025

January 15, 2025

B.C. researchers aim to make the perfect T-shirt — from lumber

The bid to locally produce a sustainable high-end textile is still in its early stages, but researchers hope to have enough material to create prototypes within a year.

by Stefan Labbé, Jan 9, 2025

Picture: Precursor materials are prepared to make a cellulose film in UBC's researcher Feng Jiang's lab.

January 15, 2025

Forests may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought: Study

An international team of researchers studied the combined effects of rising temperatures and increased nitrogen in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels

by Ammara Khan, University of Toronto News, Jan 6, 2025

January 15, 2025

Opinion: Maine must remain vigilant in protecting its forests

An early intervention program to guard against the dreaded spruce budworm won't come cheap, but the cost of doing nothing would be much greater.

by Alex Ingraham, Portland Press Herald, Jan 4 2025

January 14, 2025

Uncovering the secrets behind U of T’s Academic Wood Tower

At 77 metres high, the University of Toronto’s 14-floor Academic Wood Tower (AWT) will be the tallest mass timber building in Canada when its classroom doors open in 2026.

by ConstructConnenct, Dec 10, 2024

January 10, 2025

In an Emergency, Especially in Wildfires, Neighbours Are Your Biggest Asset

As the unbelievable devastation of the LA wildfires continues to threaten lives and livelihoods, CFO is with those communities in our thoughts and prayers. In Canada CFO members play an essential role in keeping communities safe from wildfire risks because private forest lands neighbour our towns and cities and often provide a buffer to provincially managed forests, but the federal government needs to act now as Andrew de Vries told the Senate in November.

by Canadian Forest Owners, which NBFWO is a member of, Jan 9, 2025

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