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  • At the Cutting Edge : The Crisis in Canada's Forests

    At the Cutting Edge : The Crisis in Canada's Forests, Elizabeth May, 1998, Key Porter Books, $24.95

  • Certifying the woodlot of Rob Blake: Here's how it unfolded

    Cam Brewer

    The Silva Forest Foundation (SFF) recently announced the first eco-certified forest in BC, a woodlot ecoforestry operation near Williams Lake operated by Rob Blake. This ecoforestry operation demonstrates the social, economic and ecological rewards of ecoforestry and shows what can truly be done in the forests of BC.

  • Clearcutting the Pacific Coast, The Wealth of Forests, and Falldown

    Clearcutting the Pacific Coast: Production, Science, & Regulation in the Douglas Fir Forests of Canada & the United States, 1880-1965; Richard A. Rajala, hardcover edition published June 1998 by UBC Press, $75.00 - paperback edition published April 1999, $27.95

    The Wealth of Forests: Markets, Regulations, and Sustainable Forestry; Edited by Christopher Tollefson, hardcover edition published October 1998 by UBC Press, $85.00 - paperback edition published June 1999, $35.95

    Falldown: Forest Policy in British Columbia; by Patricia Marchak, Scott Aycock and Deborah Herbert, published June 1999 by Ecotrust Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation, $25.00 (from Ecotrust)

    Reviewed by Bill Henderson

  • Dodging the duty war

    A new wave of value-added wood manufacturers has come up with ways to slip underneath the softwood tariff radar and get to the coveted U.S. market

    Lyle Jenish
    National Post
    Thursday, October 24, 2002

  • Ecoforestry Takes Root in B.C.

    The “Great Bear Rainforest” agreement announced by the provincial government in April between environmental organizations, First Nations communities, and forestry companies working on the north-central coast heralded an environmental coup, the reverberations of which will challenge the B.C. forest industry.

    by Michael Maser
    Originally published in the Georgia Straight, August 29, 2001

  • Exact-Provenance Wood Certification

    Davd Martin

    Concern has been raised that industrial and commercial interests may dilute the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council and other bodies (such as the Canadian Standards Association) which respond to public demand for "eco-certified" or "sustainably produced" timber and wood products (e.g., White, 1995). Intuitively, there is a financial incentive for dilution to occur (cf. Clark, 1973, French, 1975, Hammond, 1997).

  • Falldown

    Falldown falls down

    Review by Jim Cooperman

  • Forest and Wood Certification - How Does It Work?

    Susan Hammond, Silva Forest Foundation

    Consumers are beginning to demand wood products that originate from forests which have been independently certified as being managed according to ecologically responsible standards. What does certification mean and how does it work?

  • Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares: The paradox of Old Growth in the Inland West

    Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares: The paradox of Old Growth in the Inland West. Nancy Langston (1995). Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 368 pages. $16.95 (paper).

    Book review by Stan Rowe

  • Forest Follies: Adventures and Misadventures in the Great Canadian Forest

    Forest Follies: Adventures and Misadventures in the Great Canadian Forest Ben Parfitt, published November 1998 by Harbour Publishers, $16.95

Organizations

Aldo Leopold Foundation

The Aldo Leopold Foundation works to weave a land ethic into the fabric of our society; to advance the understanding, stewardship and restoration of land health; and to cultivate leadership for conservation.

Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 77
Baraboo, WI 53913-0077
tel: 608-355-0279
fax: 608-356-7309
mail@aldoleopold.org
http://www.aldoleopold.org/

Cortes Ecoforestry Society

The Cortes Ecoforestry Society, an organisation born out of and deeply rooted in the Cortes community, has developed one of Canada’s few ecosystem-based community forest plans. With this land at the heart of our work, we are striving towards healthy forests for healthy communities. For over 15 years, CES and our predecessor have wanted to see local people, make local decisions, about local lands, for local benefit.

Contact Cortes Ecoforestry Society:
PO Box 208
983 Beasley Rd
Manson's Landing, BC
Cortes Island
V0P 1K0
info@cortesecoforestry.org
http://www.cortesecoforestry.org/

Denman Community Forest Cooperative

The Denman Community Forest Cooperative is an island community working to build an ecologically sound and socially equitable society, preserve the forest ecology on their island home and establish a community managed forest.

2600 Piercy Rd.
Denman Island , British Columbia V0R 1T0
Canada

Contact Person: John Millen
Phone: (250) 335-2868
E-Mail: millen@island.net
Website: http://www.denmanis.bc.ca

Eco Films

Ecofilms produces documentaries and general interest programs covering a wide range of topics from ecoforestry to relaxation/dementia therapy DVD’s. Other titles feature: the history of Whistler Mountain, the story of the Cowichan River, the story of Merve Wilkinson and his Wildwood forest, how to act and direct Shakespeare, kayaking in BC’s Gulf Islands, how to play disc golf, a buffalo wagon trek, the award winning children’s series “The Eco Explorers” and more. Many of the tiles feature the music of Ken Hamm and Gary Fjellgaard. Visit our You Tube channel to screen streaming video clips from all of our titles.

3657 Winn Road, Courtenay, BC (Canada) V9J 1N8
http://www.ecofilms.bc.ca/

Ecoforestry School of the Maritimes at Windhorse Farm

Windhorse is a place and a path of celebration. Today Windhorse Farm is:
-The Drescher family home, and a temporary home for guests, visitors, students, interns, vacationers, and retreatants.
-A place for people to let go of the busyness and habitual patterns of their lives and celebrate the magical simplicity of mind and nature.
-A path of land stewardship, honouring the 150 year legacy of the Wentzell family.
-An opportunity to learn (Windhorse Farm is one of the sustainability “demonstration sites” for the climate change program of Windhorse Education Foundation.)

Windhorse Farm
132 Sarty Road
New Germany, Nova Scotia
Canada B0R 1E0
902 543 6955
Jim Drescher jim@windhorsefarm.org
Margaret Drescher margaret@windhorsefarm.org
http://www.windhorsefarm.org/

Ecostery Foundation of North America

The Ecostery Foundation helps people develop their own personal or group ecosteries. Ecosteries are loved places where ecological values, knowledge and wisdom are learned, practiced and shared. They are sacred, respected and honored dwelling places. This website provides resources for those who want to create their own ecostery.

The Ecostery Foundation of North America
Box 5885 Stn B, Victoria, BC V8R 6S8, Canada
ecosophy@islandnet.com
http://www.ecostery.org/default.htm

Forest Guild

We are a professional organization of forest stewards and affiliates who are passionate about sustaining and restoring the integrity of our forests while meeting the needs of the communities that rely on them. Our members’ work provides tangible examples of “excellent forestry”—forestry that is ecologically, economically, and socially responsible.

PO Box 519, Santa Fe NM 87504
505-983-8992
info@forestguild.org
http://www.forestguild.org/

Foundation for Deep Ecology

The mission of the Foundation for Deep Ecology (FDE) is to support education and advocacy on behalf of wild Nature. FDE carries out this mission primarily through its publications and public programs.

Foundation for Deep Ecology
The Conservation Land Trust
Conservacion Patagonica
Building 1062, Fort Cronkhite
Sausalito, California 94965
Telephone: (415) 229-9339
Fax: (415) 229-9340
Email: info@deepecology.org
http://www.deepecology.org/

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP)

July 1993, President Clinton directed the Forest Service to "develop a scientifically sound and ecosystem-based strategy for management of eastside forests." Responding to this direction, the project was initiated by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the United States Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management.

http://www.icbemp.gov/

Silva Forest Foundation

The Silva Forest Foundation (SFF) is a pioneer and leader in the development and application of ecosystem-based conservation planning. EBCP is a practical means of relating to and using Earth in ways that maintain and/or restore biological diversity and natural ecosystem integrity, while fostering the development of diverse, healthy local economies.

SILVA FOREST FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 9
Slocan Park, British Columbia Canada V0G 2E0

Phone: 250-226-7222
General inquiries: silvafor(at)silvafor.org

http://www.silvafor.org/