Observation Of Canada's Forest Resources

The Canadian Shield has many forests, within those forests are a lot of trees. Mostly trees grow in the Shield. The types of trees that are found are birch, aspen, hemlock, pine and balsan. The trees listed are found in the southern parts of the Shield. There is also tamarack, black spruce and white spruce trees are in the forests of the Shield, a lot of the forests in the shield have a mix of many trees.

Every forest has a story to tell. By looking closely at its habitants, that story can be interpreted. Much of this narrative is written in the trees: their age, their tolerance to shade, and the rate at which they grow are all characteristics that can imply a lot about their environment. Exploring these relationships and how they connect with each other can indicate the health and history of the land. Heiberg Forest, located in northern New York, was once used for agricultural purposes in the 1800-1900’s. (Nowak, Lecture Notes) Much of the land once used for farming was left to regrow back into a young forest. The life history of different tree species can be determined by examining the most common species in Heiberg.

Logging industry has a very long history in Canada and it can be considered as one of Canada’s first industry. Although Canada was first known for its fur trade, it was in early nineteenth century when the forest industry emerged because of the United States war of independence in 1776 and Napoleonic wars in 1809. The article “Timber Trade history” states that over the course of the 19th century wood was the basic commodity in the Canadian market. There was a tremendous demand of wood in the Europe; consequently, it brought business and attracted more people to eastern Canada. It influenced the economy and environment tremendously and this impact replaced the fish and fur trade (Para1). Initially, logging was a winter livelihood but with the passage of time timber became the primary export for Canada. Trees were logged as much as needed and seemingly inexhaustible supply showed the signs of depletion. It was in 1970 when forest management become priority because of the potential harm of logging on the

Canada is a very large country, with areas of land in various climate regions, and land regions, thus having many ecozones that differentiate from another. The most populated ecozone in Canada is the Mixedwood Plains; the ecozone we are located in, named after the mixedwood forests that are native to the area. The Mixedwood Plains is one of the smallest of the Canadian ecozones, spanning only 175 963 kilometres squared. The Mixedwood Plains is bordered by three of the great lakes on the southern side of the ecozone, and comes up along the St Lawrence river to southern Quebec, and fills the tip of Ontario. It has rolling plains and small rock formations and escarpments. The Mixedwood Plains contains over half of the Canadian population as

However, forests around the world are under threat from deforestation, jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. This impacts people’s livelihoods and threatens a wide range of plant and animal species. Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year, which is equivalent to 36 football fields every minute.

Based on the current conditions of the area, we hypothesis that tree survivability will be highest in elevations above 3,000 feet and below 3,300 feet, highest in slopes between 0 - 45 degrees, and highest in aspects between 0 - 33 degrees. Tree survivability will also be highest in area with the best soil, water quality, and forest health conditions for successful tree sapling growth.

Mountains region of the major Land Resource Areas as defined by the Natural Resource Conservation Service. This area is defined by its rounded mountains and foothills as well as its mixed forest of northern hardwoods, fir and spruce. High gradient streams flow into swamps and lakes in the steep valleys. These characteristics create a unique ecosystem that provides many services for people and wildlife. Land features in this area are generally fairly steep to very steep with a range in elevation from

Ontario's approximate 85 billion trees provide the province with a $14 billion income for the economy. The trees are used to make products such as

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the total area of forestland in South Carolina slightly declined between 2011 and 2014. The 2014 estimate of forestland acreage in South Carolina was 12,974.1. This showed a decrease of about 1.12%. This seems to contradict the stats given by the South Carolina Forestry Association in 2015, which say that South Carolina’s forests contain 25 billion cubic feet of wood, which they say is more than at any time during the last century. The South Carolina Forestry Association also says that South Carolina’s hardwood and softwood forests are both growing more wood than is able to be harvested. The United States Department of Agriculture shows that the number of live trees on forestland in South Carolina actually decreased by 4.1 percent from 2011 to 2014. The number of live trees decreased from 10.1 billion in 2011 to 9.7 billion in 2014. The volume of

In 2016, the population in Canada was 36.29 million and 3.855 million square miles. Although Canada is a country, did you know that the state of California alone had a higher population than the entire country of Canada in 2016? It is amazing to think that there is such a small amount of people living in that large of a region, considering it is the second largest country in the world right after Russia. One reason that the population in Canada could be so small compared to the amount of land is the weather conditions and terrain. Canada’s lowest recorded temperature was -81.4 degrees fahrenheit and Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world’s lakes combined.

While most of Canada’s land is contiguous, the area north of the Hudson Bay consists of many islands of varying sizes. Canada’s population consists of approximately thirty-five million people spread over nine million square kilometers (United States Central Intelligence Agency). Despite Canada having the second largest area of land mass, ninety percent of this population is situated approximately within one

Three to six billion trees are cut down each and every year! Deforestation is a huge problem in the rainforests. Because these forests are home to much of the Earth’s species of life. Covering 30 percent of our land forests provide homes, protection, and oxygen for humans and other wildlife in the forests. There are 7.125 billion people that count on the benefits provided by the forest, which is: food, clothing, traditional medicine and shelter. If something isn 't done soon to reduce our carbon footprint, we will not have forests of any type to soak up the carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere.

Canada is very blessed to be rich in many natural resources, such as trees, water, oil and gas. Over the past 20 years Canada has been able to reduce deforestation. The Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resource Canada is working together with the oil and gas industries to find a way to reduce the amount of impact on forest ecosystems, and to increase the recovery of land distributed by mining, oil and gas extraction. The government of Canada is using integrated landscape management (ILM) which has helped them find a way to share areas of land for infrastructure which decreases

Ninety percent of the earth’s trees between three and four hundred years old have been cut down. The remaining ten percent is all we will ever have (Gallant, 97). The definition of deforestation by the Random House Dictionary of the English Language is "to divest or clear of forests or trees.” Deforestation is one of the most significant issues of our time; considerable measures must be taken to prevent further pillaging of our unique forest resource.

Logging tropical hardwoods like teak, mahogany, rosewood and other timber for furniture, building materials, charcoal and other wood products is big business and creates big profits. Several species of tropical hardwoods are imported by developed counties, including America, just to build coffins which are then buried or burned. The demand, extraction and consumption of tropical hardwoods has been so massive that some countries which have been traditional exporters of tropical hardwoods are now importing the wood because they have already exhausted their supply by destroying their native rainforests in slash and burn operations. It is anticipated that The Philippines, Malaysia, The Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Thailand will all run out of rainforest hardwood for export within the next five years.