That being said, you would think that the development of value-added wood production would be at the top of the list of any economic development priorities for our region, especially as formulated by the provincial government-funded Omineca Beetle Action Coalition (OBAC) That being said, you would think that the development of value-added wood production would be at the top of the list of any economic development priorities for our region, especially as formulated by the provincial...

The logging railroad reached its heyday in the late 19th century and early 20th century when large lumbering operations clear-cut forests to produce lumber, paper and other wood products for a fast growing nation. The last logging railroad built in the White Mountains was the Beebe River Railroad, which followed the Beebe River valley between the Squam and Sandwich Ranges through eastern Campton and Sandwich Notch and continued onto the south slopes of the Sandwich Range in Waterville. The...

New Company to invest $50 million in Facilities MONTREAL, June 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Conifex inc., a newly-formed forestry and sawmilling company with its head office in Montreal, announced today that it is acquiring Domtar's Forest Products Division including sawmills and timber rights in Quebec and Ontario. New Company to invest $50 million in Facilities MONTREAL, June 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Conifex inc., a newly-formed forestry and sawmilling company with its head office in Montreal, announced...

Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:03 AM CDT The Great Dismal Swamp: A place of mystery and history By HAL MALEHORN At the extreme eastern reaches of Virginia and North Carolina, straddling the boundary separating those two states, lies the swamp named the Great Dismal. Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:03 AM CDT The Great Dismal Swamp: A place of mystery and history By HAL MALEHORN At the extreme eastern reaches of Virginia and North Carolina, straddling the boundary separating those two states, lies the...

But Charest replied that it's a combination of factors that are "out of our control and noted the union representing forestry workers acknowledges the current market conditions. The Quebec government has already announced more than $1 billion in aid packages in the last two years to ease the forestry crisis, which has cost tens of thousands of jobs in the province. Renaud Gagne, vice-president of the Quebec chapter of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, called on...

In April, at Atlantas Omni Hotel, they competed in the seventh annual Opportunity Funding Corporation Venture Challenge a contest that calls for creating a business plan for an original product and then persuading a group of venture capitalists to invest in it. In April, at Atlantas Omni Hotel, they competed in the seventh annual Opportunity Funding Corporation Venture Challenge a contest that calls for creating a business plan for an original product and then persuading a group of venture...

And before the mill restarts under new ownership, supporters of the local shellfish industry want some kind of assurance that conditions will improve or, at the very least, they will receive some sort of compensation for not being able to harvest shellfish. And before the mill restarts under new ownership, supporters of the local shellfish industry want some kind of assurance that conditions will improve or, at the very least, they will receive some sort of compensation for not being able...

Instead, the coal-truck-driver-turned-entrepreneur is pinning his success on miles of all-terrain vehicle trails that crisscross the state's southern coalfields. The idea behind the trail system was to attract tourists and increase business opportunities to nine economically depressed counties where coal and timber once reigned. The trails are part of the Hatfield-McCoy system, a network of 550 miles of off-road trails for four-wheelers and motorcycles that was named after two infamous...

Today's log cabin homes are spacious and luxurious, often filled with such amenities as skylights, spa-like bathrooms and granite kitchen counters. They used that lumber to build their homes. The day includes tours of all of the historical park's buildings, blacksmith demonstrations, candle dipping, spinning, knife and hawk carving, cooking and French fur-trader re-enactors. These immigrants brought their skills of building log cabins to Delaware, but it soon spread across America. For...