Products from Mature Saskatchewan Commercial Tree Species Mature

Products from Mature Saskatchewan Commercial Tree Species

Mature Jack Pine (70 Years)

White Spruce (90 Years)

Trembling Aspen (60 Years)

Black Spruce (90 Years)

Forest Products and Tree Species • Saskatchewan’s forest provides a number of different forest products • Different tree species yield specific products but can contribute to all products • The main commercial species we will look at include, Jack Pine, White Spruce, Black Spruce and Trembling Aspen

Product One: Pulp Meadow Lake Mill Prince Albert Mill (shut down) There are two pulp mills in the province 1. 2. The bio-chemical thermo- mechanical pulp mill in Meadow Lake The pulp and paper mill in Prince Albert (which is shut down).

Product 2: Lumber Saskatchewan has five large saw mills. These are located in: • Meadow Lake • Glaslyn • Big River • Prince Albert • Carrot River

Moveable small sawmill Small saw mills exist also where individual workers saw wood for their own use or small custom orders. These small operations can be moved to where the wood is.

Product 3: Oriented Strand Board (OSB) • Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered lumber formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations • Saskatchewan has two OSB mills one in Meadow Lake the other in Hudson Bay

Product 4: Plywood • Plywood is a sheet material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another • Saskatchewan has a plywood mill in Hudson Bay

Secondary manufacturing in Saskatchewan • Saskatchewan has an active secondary manufacturing sector. • Cabinets, millwork, and roof trusses make up the largest share of secondary products. • There also treatment plants that produce fence posts, rails, timbers, power poles, and other wood products requiring enhanced durability.

As we have looked at Saskatchewan’s forest industry is well established and competitive. Lets review some of the products that are made in Saskatchewan. Think back to the mills we have talked about and name some of the products that are produced?

• Pulp • Lumber • Oriented strand board (OSB) • Plywood • Secondary products like, treated wood examples: poles, posts, cabinets, roof trusses, log homes, firewood etc.

Future products that could be made from our trees may be Wood Pellets for heating homes. Biofuel from wood. Can anyone think of any others? We will be watching a video that will give an idea of how much research is going into uses of wood fibre.

All Saskatchewan Commercial Tree Species Coniferous Trees 1. Jack pine 2. White spruce 3. Black spruce 4. Balsam fir Deciduous Trees 5. Trembling Aspen 6. Balsam popular 7. White Birch 8. Tamarack (cone tree that looses it’s needles every fall)

Today’s assignment is to learn more about the commercial trees of Saskatchewan. Each of you will be given a work sheet. You will use a Saskatchewan publication found at http: //publications. gov. sk. ca/details. cfm? p=80 471 We will concentrate on the size and what are the common products this tree is used in making.