First Nations used scales of ponderosa pine or yellow pine trees to make small hot smokeless fires that cooled rapidly so their enemies would not be able to track them.
Lumber dispute heating up
Lumber dispute heating up The Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and
the US is set to expire, and the debate is heating up. The United
States believes that Canadian lumber subsidies result in
artificially lower prices and constitute "anti-competitive"
practices. US producers claim that these lower prices have forced
closures of many US mills, and environmentalists claim that these
subsidies encourage overharvest of Canadian forests. Canada is
worried that the US will impose heavy duties on imported lumber,
and Atlantic Canada is especially concerned that their side
agreement will be dropped. As most of the Atlantic provinces'
lumber is harvested from private land, subsidies are not an issue,
and their wood is not subject to the same duties as that from the
rest of Canada. Lobby groups and governments are gearing up for
negotiations that are set to take place when the agreement expires
at the end of March. MARCH 2, 2001
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