Spray Lake Sawmills recently completed the final edition of it’s Five Year Stewardship Report.  This report summarizes results of the company’s woodlands monitoring program over the past five years.  The monitoring program was designed to provide a measure of how well the company has been doing against the stated objectives within the Detailed Forest Management

 Spray Lake Sawmills August 2, 2013 Participation in Sustainable Forest Management, Conservation and Protection Areas Public meeting at the Cochrane RancheHouse - April 4th 2013 Meeting Notes (Follow-up) On April 4th, 2013 SLS hosted a facilitated workshop to share information about its forest certification efforts and present the Protected Area Gap Analysis and High Conservation Value

As a safety precaution, if anybody is going to be Spray Lake Sawmills active harvest operations it would be worthwhile reviewing the company's 2013/14 Emergency Response Plan.  It can be found by going to our website at:  www.spraylakesawmills.com , click on the "Woodlands" tab, then scroll down to "Safety" and click on "Emergency Response Plan". 

Spray Lake Sawmills Mixed Use Forest Management Workshop (Follow-up) Forest Harvest Plan - West Bragg Creek July 10, 2013   SLS has made the promise that it will carefully consider public comment and follow-up with stakeholders with a response. SLS will also follow-up with stakeholders with any changes made to a plan or operation as

Public Notice for Forest Management Certification Audit     Spray Lake Sawmills Ltd. in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada Forest Management Area 0100038 and associated B9 Quota Area July 4th, 2013   Introduction Rainforest Alliance is conducting an audit of the forest management activities of Spray Lake Sawmills Ltd. The audit will be conducted from August 6-9th,

 Spray Lake Sawmills Public Advisory Committee SLS Boardroom May 14th, 2013   Present:TannisZubot, Gord Lehn, SandraFoss, HarveyBuckley, Erik Butters, JasonMogilefsky, MikeKorman, MikeMacDonald, JJGraham (TimGiese – via conference call) Absent: Richard Right Hand, Patrick Brady, Natasha Kinloch, Judy Stewart, and Morgan Kehr. PAC Administration and Function Gord went through the agenda and Tannis passed out an

On June 11, 2013 Spray Lake Sawmills hosted a worshop.  The two primary objectives of the workshop were to discuss strategies for planning in a multiple use zoned area and secondly to hear some feedback on the harvest plans that have been underway in the area west of the community of Bragg Creek.  Spray Lake

Spray Lakes Sawmills is a local, family owned and operated forest products company, located in Cochrane. The company holds a Forest Management Agreement to manage Crown land forests in a portion of the southern east slopes of Alberta. Spray Lake Sawmills is planning a public consultation session from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the

Inside Education recently produced a video entitled It’s Our Forest.  This video examines forest ecology, the human values of the forest, land-use planning and the people and products of the forestry industry.  It is designed as an educational piece to help stimulate discussion.  The link to this well done video can be found at:     http://www.insideeducation.ca/ForestFieldTripDVD 

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