Entries for March 2023

New report shows Canada’s trees in growing trouble

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New report shows Canada’s trees in growing trouble
(March 21, 2023) Almost one-quarter of tree species now at risk   Photo: Swamp cottonwood by Matt Reala (iNaturalist). Almost one in four Canadian tree species is now at risk in Canada according to a new assessment by the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada as part of its ongoing SHAPE of Nature initiative to track the health of Canada’s wildlife and wild places.   “For a country so closely identified with forests, this is alarming news,” says Dan Kraus who led...

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