Climate Adaptation Urgency around climate action is building rapidly around the world and professionals in the field of urban forestry are beginning to look at not only how the urban forest can help mitigate climate change, but also how it can best...

As I write this, it is actually November 5 and has been snowing all day, with -17 in tonight’s forecast for a low. So, I guess this means it is finally winter now on the Prairies? It is possible, even in Southern...

Happy midsummer solstice, to everyone on the Druid calendar! As I am writing this, I am looking out the windows of my office at my tree nursery near Didsbury, Alberta at trees still being buffeted by gale force winds after a 24-hour...

By Lanny Englund – Pacific Region Representative, CUFN Steering Committee It has been an exciting six months in the world of Urban Forestry here in British Columbia.  The first ever International Urban Forest Congress (IUFC) took place in Vancouver from September 30...

Peter Wynnyczuk – Ontario Representative, CUFN Steering Committee, and Executive Director, Ontario Urban Forest Council My how things have changed in the past couple of years within Ontario’s urban forest realm. The previous provincial government had embraced the carbon pricing programs of...

I am old enough (but just old enough, honestly) to remember when the Canadian flag was first adopted by Parliament (before that it was the British ensign). There was (in true Canadian spirit) a spirited debate before the maple leaf was adopted...