February 26, 2008

Horse-logging project underway in provincial forests
Use of animals to move trees harkens back to earlier time
The Guardian

DUNDAS — Way down along a snow-covered logging road near Dundas, two horses and a sleigh pull three generations of Taylor men through narrow pathways in the woods.
The men pick through a four-acre area of Crown land, choosing dead or crooked trees in the stand for firewood. Their chainsaws mark the only sound of machinery for miles as they slice through the trunks of their handpicked trees.

February 6, 2008
CBC News

The ice storm that swept the island last week damaged nearly 70 per cent of trees in the city of Summerside and left enough hanging and broken tree limbs in P.E.I. National Park that the park has had to close some trails.

Trent Williams, horticulturist and arborist for Summerside, told CBC News Wednesday he has been busy surveying the damage.

"Spruce, pine seemed to get hit fairly well, also some of your softer softwoods. Everything from immature … newly planted trees … up to 60-foot, 70-foot mature trees [is damaged]," said Williams.

Irving closes Georgetown Timber sawmill
Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2007 | 3:55 PM AT
CBC News

Thirty-three employees in Georgetown, P.E.I., are out of work following a decision by forestry conglomerate J.D. Irving Ltd. to shut down the province's largest lumber yard indefinitely.

The North American lumber industry has been going through some trying times, and the closure of the Georgetown Timber plant in eastern P.E.I. is unavoidable, J.D. Irving spokeswoman Mary Keith told CBC News Thursday.

P.E.I. sees trees, not the forest
Last Updated: Thursday, December 7, 2006 | 4:48 PM AT
CBC News

The government of P.E.I. has set aside about 800 hectares of Crown land for a sustainable forestry project, with an eye towards harvesting high-value trees instead of knocking down forests for pulp.