Hello Folks, it may not feel it today, but spring is in the air, below is details for the annual scalers exam and refresher…

Arrangements for the 2018 Provincial Scalers Examinations are as follows:
Location: Florenceville ERD Office, 381 Centreville Road, Route 110, Florenceville-Bristol, NB

May 24, starting at 8:30 AM – General License, Stacked Measure
May 25, starting at 8:30 AM – FBM

Applications must be received at ERD Forest Operations and Development by May 1 (https://www.pxw1.snb.ca/snb7001/b/1000/CSS-FOL-SNB-60-0006B.pdf).
ERD will be conducting a Scalers Refresher Course on May 22 and 23 in both official languages at this same location (8:30 – 4:30). This is available to exam candidates only. There is no fee for this refresher. Candidates are strongly encouraged to attend.
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Les examens provinciaux de 2018 à l’intention des mesureurs se dérouleront aux dates et lieu que voici :
Lieu : bureau DER District-Florenceville, 381 rue Centreville, Route 110, Florenceville-Bristol, NB

Le 24 mai à compter de 8 h 30 – permis général et mesurage du volume apparent
Le 25 mai à compter de 8 h 30 – mesurage en pieds-planche (pmp)

Les formulaires de demande en pièce jointe doivent être dûment remplis et doivent parvenir à la Direction des activités forestière et mise en valeur au plus tard le 1 mai (https://www.pxw1.snb.ca/snb7001/b/1000/CSS-FOL-SNB-60-0006B.pdf).

Par ailleurs, le Ministère offrira gratuitement un cours de recyclage pour les mesureurs au même endroit, les 22 et 23 mai, de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30. Le cours, qui sera donné dans les deux langues officielles, ne sera offert qu’aux candidats à l’examen. Ces derniers sont donc vivement encouragés à y assister.

Peter J. McCue
Chief Scaler/ Chef Mesureur
Forest Operations and Development / Activités forestières et mise en valeur
Energy and Resource Development / Développement de l’énergie et des ressources
Phone / Téléphone : 506-451-5624
Fax / Télécopieur : 506-453-6689
E-mail / Courriel : Peter.McCue@gnb.ca
www.gnb.ca

CSS-FOL-SNB-60-0006B

LINK HERE: CSS-FOL-SNB-60-0006B.pdf – APPLICATION TO EXAMINE FOR SCALER LICENCE

Hi Folks,

At the link below are the available minutes from our last executive meeting in February.

Please have a review if you get time.

Riley

2018-02-20-NBFTA-Executive-Meeting-Minutes

DOWNLOAD HERE:February Meeting Minutes

Hi Folks,

UNB is hosting a two-day GIS training workshop on March 8th and 9th. This workshop is intended for natural resource professionals seeking a basic working knowledge of the ArcGIS software suite. Participants will gain hands-on experience with ArcGIS (provided) in a computer lab setting. As a result of the workshop, participants will be able to acquire, manage and use spatial data to develop, symbolize and share informative maps, perform common editing and geoprocessing operations and interchange between GIS and GPS data formats.

This would be worth 14 Category 1 CE credits.

Further details on the workshop and directions for registration can be found at:
GIS 1 for Natural Resource Professionals

Hi Folks,

On November 7th and 8th, 2017 at the Crown Plaza in Fredericton, there will be an Urban Forest Workshop. The workshop objective is to facilitate a discussion about municipal urban forests in Atlantic Canada. To share master plans and various strategies/ unique initiatives used to improve and maintain healthy urban forests now and into the future.

There is a great line of speakers from across North America and from the locally community and this would be a great opportunity to earn CFE Credits.

For NBFTA members the overall course would be worth 13 credits of category 1, another 1 credit of category 1 for the evening dinner and then the tour would be worth 1 hours for each 3 hours of the tour for category 1.

UrbanForest_Agenda partial August 2017

DOWNLOAD HERE: Urban Forest Conference Agenda

UrbanForest_Annoucement Sept 2017

DOWNLOAD HERE: Urban Forest Conference Annoucement

Resister Here

Below is an interesting article, I thought news of this would have spread a bit quicker…

Canadian lumber producers get reprieve with end of 20% of preliminary duties

This is an interesting article to read, not a big upset to the market, but still interesting.

German softwood imports up tenfold in wake of U.S. duties on Canadian industry