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Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada is a 2007 non-fiction book by American environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne. It examines the natural, social and political history of forest fires in Canada.
In 2016, 15,489,117 hectares (38,274,440 acres) of Canadian forests were destroyed by insects. [2] Two main insects place the Canadian forestry industry at risk, the mountain pine beetle and the emerald ash borer. The mountain pine beetle has destroyed much of the western lodgepole pine stock. The pine beetle has thrived due to a combination of ...
Boreal Forest Region - This the largest forest region in Canada. It is located in the north and contains about one third of the world's circumpolar boreal forests . Coast Forest Region - Located on the west coast, this region almost entirely comprises coniferous trees including the Douglas-fir , Sitka spruce , western hemlock , and western red ...
The Natural History of Canada, 1988. A well-illustrated introduction to Canadian natural history. [16] For the Love of Mike (Pour L'Amour de Mike), 1989; Wolves, 1990; The White Puma, 1990; Trail of the Wolf, 1993; The Green Trees Beyond, 1994; A Shriek in the Forest Night, 1996; Owls, the Silent Fliers, 1997; Cry Wild, 2005; Ghost Walker, 2009
The Canadian Forest Service (CFS; French: Service canadien des forêts) is a sector of the Canadian government department of Natural Resources Canada.Part of the federal government since 1899, the CFS is a science-based policy organization responsible for promoting the sustainable development of Canada's forests and competitiveness of the forest sector to benefit present and future Canadians.
Catharine Parr Traill [1] (born Strickland; 9 January 1802 – 29 August 1899) was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, particularly what is now Ontario (then the colony of Upper Canada).
The Canadian boreal is largely intact and available for multiple uses like timber harvest, recreation and hunting. Forestry companies have come to adopt the management practices known as eco-system based management, which takes into consideration criteria and indicators for sustainability – social, economic and environmental.
For history books that are about Canada, see Category:History books about Canada. Pages in category "Canadian history books" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.