by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
A staff scientist at Science North isn’t sure if there will be a spruce budworm infestation next year, but says we’re due. Recent predictions of a moderate to severe infestation in northern Ontario may not materialize, Jenny Fortier said. The spruce...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
Forester Milton Davies spent an exasperating summer watching road contractors slice the roots of American elms on the boulevards throughout his neighbourhood of Queen Alexandra. Buttress roots holding up 15-metre-tall, 10-tonne trees have been cut and left bare,...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
The City of Montreal, with help from Natural Resources Canada, is continuing its uphill battle against the emerald ash borer — this time by introducing a disease to the species that will hopefully kill the beetles off. “Right now, we have no way to control the...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
As B.C. spends hundreds of millions fighting one of the province’s worst wildfire seasons, critics are questioning the relatively small amount earmarked for wildfire prevention and whether those funds are being used efficiently. Following devastating wildfires in...
by Working Forest | Jul 22, 2015 | Archives
Rain may have cooled off Saskatchewan’s wildfire situation, but the province is not out of the woods yet, environment officials say. Hundreds of Canadian Forces members were leaving the fire zone in the province’s north Monday and there are fewer active...
