Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Solving the World's Problems, the Caulfield Way
If killing trees doesn't work, try digging stuff up. David Caulfield, president of the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines says with the pine beetle devastating forests throughout the West Coast of Canada, British Columbia must turn from lumber to mining for a steady source of jobs and economic development, Reuters reports.
If killing trees doesn't work, try digging stuff up. David Caulfield, president of the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines says with the pine beetle devastating forests throughout the West Coast of Canada, British Columbia must turn from lumber to mining for a steady source of jobs and economic development, Reuters reports.
David Caulfield has a solution for communities in British Columbia whose livelihoods from the timber industry are threatened by a tiny but devastating beetle: mining.¶ 4/12/2005 03:57:00 PM
The mountain pine beetle, a rice grain-sized insect, has munched its way through large tracts of forest in Canada's biggest lumber-producing province. A government study warns that the bug could kill 80 percent of the salable pine in the timber-dependent B.C. Interior over the next eight years.
"One of the key areas for expanded mineral exploration activity includes areas in central BC devastated by the pine beetle kill," said Caulfield, who is president of the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines.
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Once the trees are all gone and the minerals are all gone, I guess they will have to let the native americans set up casinos?
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