by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2015 | Archives
The rate at which the world is losing its forests has halved, but an area of woodland the size of South Africa has still been lost since 1990, a UN report revealed Monday. Improvement has been seen around the globe, even in the key tropical rainforests of South...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2015 | Archives
A summer long research project on spruce budworm on P.E.I. has been completed. About two dozen citizen scientists assisted the Canadian Forest Service project that is tracking the migration of the spruce budworm. Spruce budworm feed on balsam fir and spruce trees and...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2015 | Archives
Alberta’s plan to fully protect the Castle wilderness area in southwestern Alberta is being both panned and praised by opposition parties. The Notley government announced Friday that it would create two parks along the eastern slopes of the Rockies by expanding the...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2015 | Archives
The B.C. government is calling for stiffer penalties for the illegal use of drones after unmanned aerial vehicles flew dangerously close to wildfires this summer. Mike Morris, parliamentary secretary to the minister of forests, said the provincial government is...
by Working Forest | Sep 4, 2015 | Archives
Following decades of lobbying for a provincial park in the Castle wilderness area, the province’s NDP government will Friday make good on its campaign pledge to better protect the iconic area in southern Alberta. Sources say Environment and Parks Minister Shannon...
by Working Forest | Sep 4, 2015 | Archives
The Nova Scotia government is looking for someone who can study the pulp mill waste treatment plant in Boat Harbour. The province has issued a request for proposal for a hydrogeological study and a geotechnical and contaminant assessment. Labi Kousoulis, minister of...
