Forestnet Media Podcast

Think forestry is stuck in the past?

Forsite founder John Drew explains how individual-tree LiDAR scanning is changing everything from wildfire mitigation to oil and power grids across North America.

He unpacks 40 years of industry evolution—and the unexpected truth about why forests don't need our permission to return.

Discover the unseen side of modern forestry that almost nobody is talking about.

What if investing $1 today could save $4 in catastrophic wildfire damage tomorrow?

In this episode, Jason Fisher (Executive Director of FESBC) breaks down why active forest management isn’t just logging—it’s frontline wildfire defense.

Can smarter management stop megafires before they start?

What does the future of forestry in British Columbia look like, and how did we get to where we are today?

Lennard Joe, CEO of the BC First Nations Forestry Council, joins Forestnet Media to challenge conventional thinking on tenure, corporate consolidation, and what happens when short-term decisions catch up with our forests.

From lessons hidden in European forestry models to the untold impact of DRIPA and the changing value of the woods, this conversation reveals why the forester of tomorrow will manage far more than timber.

He still calls himself "a recovering forester."

BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee, a former RPF turned political heavyweight spent 30 years in the bush before becoming one of the most powerful Indigenous voices in Canadian forestry. Terry Teegee explains why BC keeps paying billions for wildfires it could have prevented, and who he thinks is really slowing down reconciliation.

When investment bankers tried to kill this American factory, one fired employee bought it back to protect his crew. This is the incredible true story of Pierce Manufacturing and the survival of the blue-collar American Dream.

From taking out vacation loans to fund their first machine, to introducing steep slope logging to North America, Frank Chandler and Vince Wilbur share the gritty true story of Technical Forest Solutions.

This episode covers the massive labor crisis driving loggers out of the woods and how robotics is transforming the most dangerous job on earth.

In this episode, Charles Vennat, CEO of CMI Mulching, pulls no punches - we dive into the mega fire crisis nobody in government wants to own, a carbon cover-up that's costing taxpayers twice, why the forestry sector is in crisis, and what can be done about it.

Mary Pat Tubb never planned on running John Deere’s global forestry division. She got there through a mix of unexpected turns, a bad fit in design engineering, and a strong pull toward solving problems on the factory floor.

In this episode, we sit down with Mary Pat Tubb, VP of Global Forestry at John Deere, live at the Oregon Logging Conference. She shares her path from a small town in Wisconsin to leading one of the most recognized brands in the world, and what the industry may be missing about the next generation.

We also get into what’s happening right now. An aging workforce. Fewer operators. Tariffs putting pressure on margins. And the impact on the communities built around logging.

British Columbia is sitting on a wildfire ticking time bomb, and simply ignoring the forests will not put out the flames.

Retired forester and "BC is Burning" director Murray Wilson exposes the brutal reality of this crisis, breaking down everything from the government hiding massive carbon emissions to the bureaucratic red tape that bankrupts small mill towns.

By refusing to actively manage our forests, we have traded a thriving forestry industry for uncontrollable mega-fires that threaten our homes, our economy, and our future.

Is it too late to prevent more massive wildfires in BC?

The tank-inspired forestry machine is BACK. Well, technically an APC, but still.

Alex and Alejo didn't just acquire a brand. They flew to a remote Canadian town, bet on forgotten technology built from Vietnam War tank DNA, and moved manufacturing to Uruguay to take it global.

The KMC Max isn't a forestry machine. It's not a firefighting machine. It's a platform, and that distinction is exactly why these two think they've cracked a problem the mainstream brands refuse to solve.

We get into the brutal economics of why "build-to-purpose" is failing contractors, how a company from one of the world's smallest countries is muscling into North American markets, and why the worst market conditions in years might actually be the perfect storm to relaunch a legend.