by Working Forest | May 13, 2016 | Articles
Pictou Landing First Nation and two other conservation groups will be splitting a $225,000 fine served to Northern Pulp on Wednesday for a 2014 effluent spill in Boat Harbour. In January, Northern Pulp pleaded guilty to a charge under the Federal Fisheries Act of...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2016 | Articles
Seven Mi’kmaq First Nations have filed a lawsuit against the New Brunswick government over its forest policy and management agreements with industrial forestry companies. The chiefs contend the province’s forest strategy, management agreements, management...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2016 | Articles
We’re just one month into the forest fire season and the fire hazard is high across northeastern Ontario. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has reported 45 fires have burned 85 hectares of land across our region so far. The region covers from...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2016 | Articles
Summers in Winnipeg in 2080 will be as hot and dry as they are today in the Texas Panhandle if worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions continue unabated, according to the first detailed climate-change projections conducted for the Canadian Prairies. If...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2016 | Articles
In the fight against climate change, forests play a critical role — drawing more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere than they emit. But when they burn, much of those stored gases are released back into the atmosphere. So far, the fires in Fort McMurray have...
