The Atlantic Region saw a slow start to summer with June being a rainy month, July and August having typical seasonal temperatures. Urban centres were busy with tree inventories, maintenance and planting of trees. September proved to be problematic due to Hurricane...

December 12, 2018 The very first Atlantic region Urban Forestry conference was held in Moncton, NB, in 2014. This event brought together representatives from municipal and provincial governments, certified arborists, foresters, technicians, developers, planners, landscape architects, architects, nursery industry and related trades,...

Atlantic Urban Forestry Collective: EAB detected in Atlantic Canada Heather Fraser – Canadian Urban Forest Network, Atlantic region representative  June 7, 2018 The year started out with a three-day Atlantic Canada Forest Health Workshop held in Amherst, Nova Scotia from January 16-18th....

As part of my work with Tree Canada in directing the Canadian Urban Forest Strategy (CUFS), our current efforts under the Research Working Group (WG3) include developing partnerships with national organizations on a variety of projects to tackle urban forestry questions. Tree...

Last May, I had the opportunity to visit Halifax, NS, for the Canadian Association of Geographers conference to present my doctoral work as well as discuss the Canadian Urban Forest Strategy and the activities of our a Research Working Group. Led by...

Urban forestry research has been generally classified in two categories: the biophysical and applied areas, and the social science side of things. The biophysical and applied aspects include threats and diseases such as Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, ecosystem services (benefits...