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An urgent need for lumber in the First World War led to the creation of a special auxiliary service: the Canadian Forestry Corps on February 25, 1916. Large amounts of lumber were required for the Allied efforts during the First World War. The Canadian Forestry Corps – humorously known as “The Sawdust Fusiliers” – was established in 1916 to help supply this vital resource. Interestingly, instead of shipping large quantities of Canadian wood overseas, our lumberjacks were instead sent across the

When forestry took off in the late 80’s and 90’s it came with the promise of prosperity. Jobs and business for small towns and landowners, a promise of stability with a crop that would endure and protect the land it grew on – and in many ways, it’s delivered. But in others, it’s fallen dramatically short, particularly when it comes to slash. That’s the name for forestry debris, a major issue on the North Island’s East Coast, with biffed logs and branches surging their way down after Cyclone Gabr