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Replanting forests after forest fires comes with complex challenges, but there are opportunities in the axis

At the beginning of September, firefighters were in the last phases of containing a 33,000 hectare Wildfire complex in Alberta’s…

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Amid Manitoba’s devastating wildfire season, replanting aims to restore forests, fight climate change

At 5:30 a.m., the first alarm goes off, and Marley Moose wakes up in a tent set up in Manitoba’s…

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Canada

Canadian forests primed for more severe wildfire days, new research warns

Canadian forests are facing an increasing threat of severe, uncontrollable wildfires, according to a recent study published in the peer-reviewed…

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Canada

Quebec accused of catering to logging industry as it reviews how forests are managed

Quebec’s boreal forest is a massive wilderness area that covers an area twice the size of France. This vast expanse…

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Canada

Burned forests in Jasper National Park showing signs of life ahead of winter freeze

The landscape around Jasper National Park is a study in contrasts. The lush green coniferous trees that line the roads…

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Underwater gardeners work to restore B.C.’s crucial kelp forests

In the chilly waters of Vancouver Island’s Barkley Sound, gardeners are at work on the sea floor. They are scientists…

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How mapping tree genomes can help plant forests resilient to climate change

A research team at the University of Alberta is looking into why some trees in Alberta are more resilient when…

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Canada

In B.C.’s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake

Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut block filled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water…

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Canada

The mighty benefits of ‘tiny forests’

In vacant lots, neglected parks and patches of land along busy stretches of road, residents are gathering to plant trees…

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