The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers has released a new report entitled: Vulnerability of Canada’s Tree Species to Climate Change authored by Mark Johnston CMFN Board member and President of Prince Albert Model Forest. Please click here to access the report: Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Report

By Larry Stanley, RPF

Prince Albert Model Forest and Saskatchewan Energy and Resources

Curacautin, Chile & sacred Auracaria trees of the Mapuche people.Prince Albert Model Forest and Saskatchewan Energy and Resources

As the aircraft winds its way between mountain peaks towards Santiago’s International Airport, I am immediately struck by the similarity of landscape to that of Kelowna and Kamloops in British Columbia. It’s March 22nd and the first day of fall after a long dry summer in Chile. The pilot announces the temperature as +27 degrees Celcius, and for one split second, I remember the -27 degree Celcius temperature in Saskatchewan I left only 24 hours previously. But, once you leave the airport and head into historic Santiago Centro and the new, trendy Las Condes, you realize there is a vibrancy and sense of purpose about Chile and its people that belies the old images of military rule and poverty. (more…)