Tree harvesting will begin next week as part of the forest management plan at Crescent Lake. Town Councilor Dawn Miceli said planning took several years but the first phase is ready to begin. The UCONN College of Agriculture and Natural Resources developed the plan. Recommendations include tree thinning in certain areas and removing invasive species….
As the province’s wolf cull gets set to enter its second season, environmentalists are accusing the provincial government of letting logging companies affect mountain caribou management policies. The province launched into the wolf cull last winter, claiming it was necessary to protect the dwindling South Selkirk and South Peace caribou herds. Locally, the South Selkirk…
The number of recovery plans waiting to be put in place for species at risk continues to grow, show documents obtained under a freedom of information request. In 2013, the federal auditor general admonished Environment Canada for its backlog of about 150 cases. As of June 2014, the number had grown to 174, and experts…
Cool weather this past summer kept the number of forest fires in Newfoundland and Labrador on par with the 10-year average of 120 fires. The Provincial Government recorded 128 fire starts in 2015. An early spring on the Avalon Peninsula created a high number of grass fires which kept ground crews busy in April and…
Parks Canada started a four-year project last year with the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources and other partners to restore the boreal forest in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. “We’ve been studying this for 15 years and the scientific evidence is there to show the moose browse has caused the forest to convert to…
It was a relatively quiet year for forest fires in Ontario, with 666 fires recorded across the province between April 1 and Oct. 31, 2015. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) said in total, forest fires consumed 39,312 hectares of Ontario’s forests. That’s half the number of forest fires and a third the area that…
Drones flying above wildfires in British Columbia last summer hampered aerial efforts to control the blazes. But around the same time, the province was also using the unmanned aerial vehicles to determine if drones could be used to help fight wildfires. The B.C. Wildfire Service contracted two commercial drone companies in July and August to…
The boreal forest that covers much of Northern Manitoba and the rest of Canada as well was the focus of two sessions at The Wildlife Society Conference in Winnipeg Oct. 17-21, a gathering of more than 1,500 wildlife and conservation professionals from around North America. Two sessions concerning the boreal forest were hold Oct. 20,…
A collaborative art project called ‘I Grieve that protests clearcutting in Surrey is taking off online. Dozens of people have written the words ‘I Grieve’ on logs and stumps found in clear cut areas throughout the city. The artist then anonymously sends a picture of their work and a message to the creator of the project, Dave…
Some environmentalist groups suggest that forestry activities in Quebec should be considerably reduced—a measure that would threaten thousands of jobs in this industry, according to a new short documentary produced by the MEI in the North Shore region. The Vice President of the MEI, Mr. Jasmin Guénette, met with forest engineers, mill workers, and others…