Tree-related news in Quebec Here’s a quick and non-exhaustive overview of the highlights of tree-related news in Quebec during the past few months.   Urban forests 1. City of Québec’s Tree Vision: mid-term review After five years of implementation, the City publishes...

We now have a Steering/Planning Committee in the Atlantic region, called the Atlantic Urban Forest Collective and the members are: Crispin Wood – Halifax NS Regional Municipality, Andrew Williams – Truro NS, Chelsea Baird – Amherst NS, Keanen Jewett and Mike Glynn...

From the Mississippi River Valley up through Ontario and Quebec, and from Atlantic Canada west to the border of Saskatchewan, municipalities, private landowners, farmers and even hospital groundskeeping staff are fighting a powerful plant invader: buckthorn. Buckthorn came to North America innocently...

I am very humbled to introduce myself as the new Quebec Representative, CUFN Steering Committee with Tree Canada. A trained biologist, I am motivated by this position in many aspects. Like all of you who are reading these lines, trees have always...

2020 was a challenging year for all. With the safety of staff as a main priority, along with budget challenges due to the impacts of the pandemic, meant that many of the annual urban forestry programs had to be placed on hold,...

Most if not all municipalities across the Atlantic region had a slow start with annual urban forest projects due to COVID restrictions this year. We are all adapting to the “new normal” along with a very dry summer on the East Coast...