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		<title>10 Wildly Successful Wildfire Prevention Tips</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/05/10-wildly-successful-wildfire-prevention-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wildfire management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Wildfire poses a serious threat to forest management objectives. Here at the PFLA, we promote best management practices (BMPs) that help minimize potential risks and maximize forest health. &#160; &#160; Here are 10 wildly successful tips to help prevent, and in the event that it happens, be prepared for, wildfires. &#160; 1. Have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About Private Forestry Communications You Learned in High School</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-private-forestry-communications-you-learned-in-high-school/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-private-forestry-communications-you-learned-in-high-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops & Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Island Timberlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Managed Forest Land Council (PMFLC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TimberWest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/?p=1588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Remember when you were in high school? A big part of learning was reading. Books, so many books. History, ideas, theories—all communicated through words and images on paper. &#160; Maybe you were a straight-A student who devoured textbooks, wore out a pathway to the library and couldn’t wait for your next homework assignment. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PFLA Private Forest Stewardship Award</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/pfla-private-forest-stewardship-award/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/pfla-private-forest-stewardship-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops & Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Forest Stewardship Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private forestry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Calling all nominations! &#160; Each year PFLA recognizes a managed forest owner for outstanding commitment to, and demonstration of, private forest stewardship in British Columbia. The award acknowledges, and celebrates, the exemplary contributions that individual forest owners make to overall forest stewardship excellence in the province. &#160; This year&#8217;s recipient will be presented with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Delicate Art of Loading Logs onto Trucks (video)</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/the-delicate-art-of-loading-logs-onto-trucks-video/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/04/the-delicate-art-of-loading-logs-onto-trucks-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Log Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harvesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madill 2850]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malloch Logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private forestry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here it is: another short, snappy video in a series of edited footage from a recent trip to a private managed forest on southern Vancouver Island. &#160; &#160; The video above shows Joey, a technician in this orchestra of well-trained harvesting engineers, operating yet another instrument. &#160; First, Dale impressed us with his harvester/processor skills. Then, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Basic Facts Everyone Should Know About BC’s Log Exports</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/6-basic-facts-everyone-should-know-about-bc%e2%80%99s-log-exports/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/6-basic-facts-everyone-should-know-about-bc%e2%80%99s-log-exports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Log Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[log exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private forestry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raw logs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; BC log exports was a hot topic last week – in the legislature, in the newspapers and in the spirited conversations of workers, families and communities who depend on the forest industry for their livelihoods. &#160; &#160; Like most hot topics, the log export debate is often riddled with misinformation, rhetoric and assumptions. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PFLA Hometown Meetings</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/pfla-hometown-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/pfla-hometown-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Workshops & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon to a town near you: the long-awaited, often-anticipated PFLA hometown meetings. &#160; The meetings are an invaluable opportunity for PFLA to meet face-to-face with private forest landowners. Check below for proposed agenda items, as well as dates, times and locations for each stop on the PFLA hometown tour. &#160; &#160; In short, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Forestry: Who Wants to See a Cable Harvesting System In Action? (video)</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/private-forestry-cable-harvesting-system-in-action-video/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/03/private-forestry-cable-harvesting-system-in-action-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here it is.The long-awaited third clip in our series of short, snappy edited videos from footage of a recent trip (thanks to Dave Barker) to a private managed forest on southern Vancouver Island. &#160; First, we saw single-tree selection harvesting in action. Then, we saw Dale at work in a harvester-processor. And now, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting Best Management Practices for BC’s Private Forest Landowners</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/02/harvesting-best-management-practices-for-bc%e2%80%99s-private-forest-landowners/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/02/harvesting-best-management-practices-for-bc%e2%80%99s-private-forest-landowners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best management practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harvesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private forestry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private managed forest land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silviculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/?p=1373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our recent trip to a managed forest on southern Vancouver Island illustrated just how important a carefully implemented harvesting operation is to a vigorously regenerating forest. &#160; The silvicultural system on the property we visited combines single-tree selection with small patch clear-cut harvesting to strike a productive balance between profitability and the conservation values important to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PFLA Participates in the First-Ever Islands Agriculture Show</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/02/the-first-ever-islands-agriculture-show-2/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/02/the-first-ever-islands-agriculture-show-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Workshops & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Another successful event at Cowichan Exhibition Park! The first-ever Islands Agriculture Show, held February 3rd and 4th, 2012 in breathtakingly beautiful Cowichan Valley, BC. &#160; We&#8217;re pleased to announce the show proved yet another excellent opportunity to connect with community members, elected officials and ministry staff as interested and excited about agriculture and farming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rare opportunity: Single-tree selection harvesting on southern Vancouver Island (video)</title>
		<link>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/01/a-rare-opportunity-single-tree-selection-harvesting-on-southern-vancouver-island/</link>
		<comments>http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/2012/01/a-rare-opportunity-single-tree-selection-harvesting-on-southern-vancouver-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PFLA</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[feller buncher]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[logging]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pfla.bc.ca/blog/?p=1273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When opportunity knocks, we answer. That&#8217;s why, when Dave Barker invited us to visit a private Managed Forest on southern Vancouver Island, for the rare opportunity to see single-tree selection harvesting, we yanked on our boots, donned our hard hats, grabbed our cameras and leapt at the chance. &#160; &#160; Dave’s managed the property [...]]]></description>
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