ForestWorks
ForestWorks seeks to bring out the facts and important perspectives on one of British Columbia's top economic and social pillars - forestry. The industry supports 100,000 jobs while producing numerous products we all rely on every day - and the raw products industries as diverse as specialty guitar makers and paper towel plants cannot survive without. And yet, there are those who seek to shut the industry down, based largely on misinformation campaigns. On our show we speak with a broad range of figures to bring out the real facts and perspectives - mayors, MLAs, foresters, academics, even activists, and more. It's lively, it's real. It's factual. ForestWorks is hosted by Stewart Muir.
Episodes
24 episodes
Counting old growth – the science of informing forestry policy with the facts. A conversation with forester Cam Brown.
In his work with Foresite Consultants forester Cam Brown has become adept at the science of mapping timber supply, along with tenure management, economic analysis, and silviculture planning. He recently put some Sierra Club claims under the mic...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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41:07
The impacts of forestry policy on investment - a conversation with consultant Russ Taylor.
This week, ForestWorks hosts Russ Taylor, a wood business and market consultant who’s been in the business 45 years. We talk markets, investment, renewable forest products in a circular economy, and the impacts of BC’s forest policy on the indu...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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42:24
The forest hugger – a conversation about responsible forestry, wood products, and education with Kathy Abusow
Sustainable Forestry Initiative President and CEO Kathy Abusow joins us on ForestWorks this week. In her role since 2007, she has led the organization’s independent certification of sustainable forestry practices and expansion into conservation...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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40:36
The premier and professor – Mike Harcourt and John Innes on ForestWorks
This week, former BC NDP Premier Mike Harcourt and UBC forestry professor and researcher John Innes join us on ForestWorks. Listen in for a conversation about provincial forest policy, the science is sustainable forest management, and how BC’s ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:43
Large and small, BC muni’s are forest towns – a conversation with Port McNeill Mayor Gaby Wickstrom and Vancouver City Councillor Lisa Dominato
This week on ForestWorks we speak with two local politicians elected to serve the interests of very different communities – Port McNeill and the City of Vancouver. Both, however, are forest towns with deep ties to the industry. And both our gue...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:25
Forestry’s grassroots – a conversation with Tamara Meggitt
On this week’s show was speak with Tamara Meggitt, member of a forestry family in Courtenay who has emerged as a grassroots organizer for pro-forestry rallies, events, and dialogue in BC. She had to cancel a rally planned for the legislature re...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:53
First Nations prosperity and sustainability through forestry – a conversations with Dallas Smith
On this week’s episode of ForestWorks we speak with Dallas Smith, the founder, president and CEO of the Nanwakolas Council. The Council is an organization of five Vancouver Island First Nations with the mission of protecting and managing cultur...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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43:58
Provincial forestry policy and politics - a conversation with veteran politician Leonard Krog
Nanaimo Mayor and long-time NDP MLA Leonard Krog joins us once again on ForestWorks. In this episode we examine the current provincial government’s new forest policy, and the impact it will have on forest towns like Nanaimo.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:27
A rural politician pushing back – a conversation with CRD director Mike Hicks.
This week, ForestWorks spoke to Mike Hicks, the elected Capital Regional District director for Juan de Fuca, a huge but sparsely populated electoral area covering 1,500 square kilometers of rural southern Vancouver Island – Port Renfrew, East S...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:03
Not just logging – a discussion of downstream impacts and forestry regulation with RPF and former head of the Truck Loggers Jim Girvan
This week on ForestWorks we speak with Jim Girvan, Registered Professional Forester, former executive director of the Truck Loggers Association of BC, and past director of the Pacific Logging Congress. He’s served on numerous provincial committ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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43:00
A life in forestry
John Rustad relates his personal story in forestry first as a working professional and later as BC’s minister responsible for the portfolio.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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22:39
The modern science of forestry - a conversation with researcher Gary Bull, UBC professor of forestry.
Gary Bull is a forestry scientist and researcher at UBC - one of the world's top forest specialists with a long history of working at the global scale through the UN, WWF, World Bank, and more. Join us for this episode as we speak to Gary about...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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42:47
Fisherman, logger…First Nations Chief
ForestWorks sat down with Robert Dennis, elected Chief Councillor for the Huu-ay-aht First Nation from the west coast of Vancouver Island. He has served his nation for decades and recently helped lead a significant investment in a forestry ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:27
A perspective from the company on the frontline – a conversation with Teal Jones’ Conrad Browne
On this week’s show ForestWorks’ speaks with Conrad Browne, Teal Jones’ director of Indigenous Partnership and Strategic Relations. Conrad brings us an important perspective on the year of protests on southern Vancouver Island – the company, th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:46
The labour perspective - a conversation with USW leaders
The United Steelworkers Union has played a key role in BC forestry, representing thousands of workers across the industry. This week, we are joined by local union leaders Jeff Bromley and Brian Butler.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:36
Land management’s role in raging forest fire seasons – a conversation with RPF Murray Wilson
In this edition of ForestWorks host, Stewart Muir sits down with veteran Registered Professional Forester Murray Wilson to speak about the role historical forest management is playing in worsening forest fire seasons and the changes that could ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:58
Standing up for BC forestry - Charlie Rensby
Charlie Rensby is a Village of Burns Lake Councillor and has worked with Stand UP BC Forestry to organize rallies in support of responsible forestry in the province. Join us this week as we talk about advocating for the interior forestry sector...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:58
The reality of the forestry industry in Nanaimo and on Vancouver Island, with Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog
ForestWorks spoke with Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog about forestry’s role in his community, and the controversy surrounding this industry on Vancouver Island. Mayor Krog has been steeped in these issues for decades, both as a provinc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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50:48
Standing on the stump - a conversation with David Elstone
This week ForestWorks is joined by David Elstone - forester; past executive director of the Truck Loggers; and editor of View from the Stump, a monthly newsletter providing a grassroots perspective on forestry in BC.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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22:00
The growing voice of grassroots forestry workers, with Carl Sweet
In this week's episode of ForestWorks host Stewart Muir speaks with Carl Sweet, director of the BC Forestry Alliance and a forestry equipment salesperson in Campbell River. They discuss the swelling voice of grassroots forestry workers, in...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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41:05
Forestry in municipal politics - a conversation with Brian Frenkel
This week we speak with Vanderhoof councillor and UBCM immediate past president Brian Frenkel. Councillor Frenkel has worked in forest and environmental consulting for 35 years, and serves on the province’s Mass Timber Advisory Council.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:58
Doing it better, doing it right: A professional forester speaks out (with Nicola Dickson)
ForestWorks delves below the rhetoric to get to the real facts of this important industry through conversation with people who really know their stuff. In this episode host Stewart Muir speaks to Nicola Dickson, a consulting Registered Professi...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:31
Leading Us Out of the Woods, with Brian Butler
This episode delves into the “roles” of Leadership in the Forestry Industry, highlighting the concerns for the average worker. Brian Butler, President of USW Local 1 - 1937 offers his insights on the current state of the Industry, and what acti...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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43:42
Port McNeill, the little town that would (with Mayor Gaby Wickstrom)
Port McNeill, located on Northern Vancouver Island is, in a word, idyllic. Not unlike many other small towns in British Columbia, it was founded and continues to grow today as a burgeoning community due largely to the forestry industry - a rich...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:07