News Headline
Seeing Canada through the trees: Why Canadians can lead the world in forest conservation
Source
Sault Online
Publication Date
2017-09-28
Forests define our Canadian geography and identity. One-third of our country is covered with trees, and forests occur in every province and territory. Jobs in forestry employ more than 200,000 Canadians and support many Indigenous and northern communities. Our forests are the reason why I’ve had days in the backcountry when I’ve encountered more tourists, such as Germans in the Yukon, or Japanese in Algonquin Park, than Canadians.