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Learn more during National Forest Week
What part of the tree do you eat when you have some ketchup? Find out
with our fun forest trivia and other articles prepared specially for
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New B.C. Chief Forester to be based in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE – Jim Snetsinger will be B.C.’s new chief forester, and
the first to be based at the University of Northern British Columbia,
Forests Minister Michael de Jong announced today.
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Forestry Facts — Did You Know?
- The people of B.C. own 95% of B.C.’s forests.
- Explorer Captain Cook was the first European to make use of B.C.’s
forest products. Sailing masts were fashioned from the tallest Douglas
firs.
- B.C. lumber was used for trestles, ties and bridges on the Canadian
Pacific Railway.
- B.C.’s first sawmill was built in 1847 at Esquimalt Harbour.
- B.C. exports $450 worth of forest products every second. That’s more
than $14 billion every year.
- B.C.’s forests cover an area the size of California and Washington
State combined.
- More than 80 per cent of B.C.’s forests have never been harvested.
That’s 50 million hectares of pristine forest.