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Getting To The Heart – The BCTS Review
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, April 17, 2025 The BCTS Review that was launched in January 2025, and co-chaired by Brian...

David Elstone
Apr 178 min read


CODE RED Not Orange & Green For BC Forestry
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, December 18, 2024 As most may have heard by now, Premier Eby has announced an agreement in...

David Elstone
Dec 19, 20244 min read


Another BC Forest Products Company In Trouble – Does This Trend Have An Ending?
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, December 4, 2024 The list of British Columbia forest product companies in financial trouble...

David Elstone
Dec 4, 20243 min read


Third Quarter Update – BC’s Timber Harvest
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, November 28, 2024 Despite all the negativity shrouding the BC forest industry there are some...

David Elstone
Nov 29, 20243 min read


View From The Stump's 2024 Election Forestry Platform - Straight From The Heart
It is no overstatement that the outcome of the October 19th election will be hugely pivotal to the future of the province, especially...

David Elstone
Oct 3, 20248 min read


Canfor’s Announcement Is A Premonition Of Something Way Worse
An Editorial Opinion - Right From The Stump, September 5, 2024 Yesterday, Canfor announced the closure of its Fort St. John and Plateau...

David Elstone
Sep 5, 20243 min read


New Thinking Required On Conservation
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, July 18, 2024 Lately, I have been reflecting on the practice of forestry and how some...

David Elstone
Jul 19, 20243 min read


Still Dreaming – Honest Commentary On British Columbia’s Efforts To Grow Value-Added Wood Products Manufacturing
An Editorial Opinion – View From The Stump, April, 2024 Premier Eby and his Ministers Ralston and Mercier are often heard saying “more...

David Elstone
May 10, 20246 min read


Cancelled Land Act Amendment – What A Mess!
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, March 4, 2024 By now most have heard that the proposed amendment to the Land Act was...

David Elstone
Mar 4, 20242 min read


Don’t Shed That Rain Gear Yet, The Storm Does Not Subside In 2024
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, January 15, 2024 A View To 2024 & A Look Back On 2023 I thought I would share some quick...

David Elstone
Jan 15, 20245 min read


How Much More Evidence Do We Need? It’s Time For Action To Save BC's Forests!
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, October 18, 2023 There has been plenty written on this year’s horrendous wildfire season....

David Elstone
Oct 18, 202310 min read


What Will The Future BC Forest Industry Look Like?
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, October 4, 2023 A more detailed version of this blog post was included in the recently...

David Elstone
Oct 5, 20234 min read


Consequences To Old Growth Forest Policy Are Real
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, September 18, 2023 Job losses and reductions in work have been confirmed as real...

David Elstone
Sep 19, 20235 min read


Time To Start Managing Forests For The Future
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, August 7, 2023 This post is a comment about forestry, so please bear with my preamble….Last...

David Elstone
Aug 7, 20232 min read


BC’s Downtime List Keeps Growing
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, July 24, 2023 (Table below updated Aug 4, 2023) (This post is an updated version of an...

David Elstone
Jul 24, 20232 min read


A Prosperous And Successful Province Needs Direction
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, June 2, 2023 (A version of the following blog post was originally published as an article in...

David Elstone
Jun 2, 20237 min read


An Industry in Transition......THERE IS NO GOING BACK!
The following file is a bullet point summary of a presentation that I gave at the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) conference in...

David Elstone
May 1, 20231 min read


Status Update On Indigenous Owned Forest Tenure
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, April 6, 2023 (A version of the following blog post was originally published as an article...

David Elstone
Apr 6, 20236 min read


Where’s The Debate?
An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, March 5, 2023. (A version of the following blog post was originally published as an article...

David Elstone
Mar 6, 20233 min read


For The Record…On BC Forestry
The following is a response to an article written by Ted Clarke - “More mill closures inevitable as BC forest industry crisis deepens”,...

David Elstone
Feb 27, 20235 min read
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