Grand Forks residents prep for winter in sheds, RVs after catastrophic flooding
Downstream of the southern province’s barren cutblocks, Grand Forks, British Columbia, was devastated by spring...
Canada’s reputation as a nation of “hewers of wood and drawers of water” is at least half correct, historically. Forestry has always been one of the biggest industries in the country, economically, by reputation and by environmental impact. About 94 per cent of forests in Canada are publicly owned and about 70 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous population lives in forested areas.
Over half of the world’s boreal region is in Canada, which boasts a staggering 270 million hectares of boreal forest.
Increasing privatization of forest lands, however, combined with the threats of climate change, industrial activity, pine beetle infestations and wildfires, has put Canada’s forests at risk.
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Downstream of the southern province’s barren cutblocks, Grand Forks, British Columbia, was devastated by spring...
At the world’s first breeding centre in Langley, B.C., spotted owls are hatched in incubators,...
New survey of permits granted by province highlights incongruity between treatment of forestry companies and...
The province recently celebrated ‘98 per cent’ support for a forest plan but, upon closer...
Once promised a life in perpetuity on a rich and vibrant landscape, the Blueberry River...
The road to climate hell is paved with good intentions
What does good national wildfire management actually look like?
In its election platform, the NDP promised an "evidence-based scientific approach" to old-growth management. Now...
As the government relied increasingly on outside professionals, it gutted the ranks of public servants...
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