Congratulations to Adam Douthwright from Tide Head for earning the $1000 Forest NB Ernie Strickland Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. Adam is enrolled full time at St. Francis Xavier University, studying Education. Forest NB has awarded the Ernie Strickland Memorial Scholarship annually since 1998. Ernie Strickland, who passed away in 1996, was an instructor at the Maritime […]
Atlantic Teachers Tour
The Atlantic Teachers Tour has been a long-standing initiative of forest sector partners with the goal of providing educators with an on the ground experience of forest management and to provide some real-world references and resources for lesson planning. The tour is made possible through the help of the provincial departments of natural resources, industry […]
Forest NB members heat thousands of New Brunswick homes with wood pellets
With the holidays just around the corner, many New Brunswickers are firing up woodstoves to keep their homes warm for the season’s festivities. While some are turning up their thermostats, others are filling their stoves with wood pellets. Three Forest NB members, H.J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd. in Florenceville-Bristol, Marwood Limited in Traceyville and Groupe […]
Valerie Pitre awarded Ernie Strickland Scholarship 2016-2017
Congratulations to Valerie Pitre from Atholville for earning the $1000 Forest NB Ernie Strickland Scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year! Valerie is a first year student at the Université de Moncton studying Criminology and Psychology with goal of becoming an RCMP officer. “I am very surprised and thankful for earning this scholarship as I did […]
Envirem Organics: Recycling organic and industrial waste
Envirem Organics specializes in organic and industrial waste recycling. They manufacture various products, including fertilizers, soils, mulches and more. They manage and process more than 500,000 tonnes of forestry and industrial residuals annually through nine facilities. We visited their bagging plant in Miramichi to take a closer look at their composting process.
