Rows of stately elm trees, rising to the height of cathedrals, once proudly lined boulevards across North America. Then, in 1930, a furniture company in Cleveland imported elm logs from England infected with a pathogen known as Dutch elm disease. Soon, those...

Sima Feuer Urban Forester, Forestry and Peatlands Branch of Natural Resources and Northern Development, Province of Manitoba Prairie Representative, Canadian Urban Forest Network 1. What are your proudest accomplishments? For almost 20 years, I have had the privilege of working with a team...

I was very excited when the recent opportunity arose to represent the Prairie Region of Tree Canada’s Canadian Urban Forest Network (CUFN), an organization whose vision, mission, and core values align closely with my own.  My educational background is in Environmental Studies,...

October 28, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Erik Jorgensen, one of Canada’s greatest innovators, the man who coined and popularized the term “urban forestry.” Jorgensen assumed a leadership role in forestry by expounding the benefits of maintaining and...