Canada has many different types of large forest covering its fertile soils, most of the country is the Boreal Forest, which spreads from the Northwest Territories down and over all the way to Newfoundland and Labrador. Other than the Boreal Forest their are the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest in southern Ontario, The Acadian Forest that covers most of our New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI. There is the Carolinian Forest in the far southern tip of Ontario close to the border. We have the Subalpine Forest, Columbia Forest, Montane Forest, and Coastal Forest, all crammed over along the west coast of the country by the ocean. Our forest are very valuable to us as a county, because of our large forest we have a huge industry in forestry, and the …show more content…
We could see the real results of our actions of cutting down all our trees by making a small testing dome to see what happens when we take out a large amount of vegetation out of an Ecosystem. We need to use other materials as an alternative to tree wood for a little bit until we have more sustainable tree farms where we can cut down less natural woods. We need to make sure we keep large amounts of protected forest, and that we don’t destroy every animal habitat in the country, keeping national park for wild life is very important for us as a country and us as a race. NB has suffered a lot from forestry, all old growth forest have been destroyed, and all that remains are secondary growth forest and tree farms. Some national organizations that help protect our forest are CELA, Greenpeace, and the NNC. CELA and NNC works to protect our environment and human health by obtaining justice for those harmed by pollution and by working to change policies to prevent the problems from happening in the first …show more content…
The area of New Brunswick is approximately 7,290,800 hectares land covering 7,145,000 hectares. About 50% of land in New Brunswick is Crown or public with the remaining 50% being private. There are two National Parks covering 44,600 hectares. The province has 63 sites covering approximately 205,000 hectares, including 30 Class 1 and Class 2 protected areas. Areas such as wildlife refuges and management areas, nature reserves, migratory bird sanctuaries, municipal parks and private protected areas are managed for various values and permitted activities. The Province contains 7 Eco-regions, based on features such as soil type, elevation and climate, as designated habitat types. 85% of land in NB is forests Having this information in sectors helps the province deal with issues that arrive in certain Areas. Any extended use of Crown Land that involve development require formal authorization from the government. This authorization can be given after a review by issuing a formal document. Some examples are: Campsites, Right of way, and Commercial/Industrial
Introduction: Have you ever wanted to come to Canada? If you are planning to come, have you wondered where in Canada you want to go? Well there are lots of amazing places in Canada but the Canadian Shield is the best! The Canadian Shield is one of the 7 Canadian landforms, the Canadian Shield is the largest landform and covers most of Canada. The Canadian Shield covers about 5 million km square (Bastedo J. 2006 Para 2.
These are very difficult questions for me personally to answer because I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I have seen the beauty of the old growth forests first-hand.
Canada's heartland is southern Ontario and Quebec stretching from Quebec City to Windsor. This heartland, occupying the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, coincides with several favourable physical characteristics such as fertile Class 1 and 2 soils in addition to humid continental climate for optimal agricultural conditions. However, the "hinterland regions display harsher or more limiting physical characteristics. The Cordillera, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, and Appalachian regions yield tremendous resource wealth, but their soils,
The proposed territory of the South Okanagan- Similkameen National Park Reserve is located in the South Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys in southern British Columbia, currently comprised of five Provincial Protected Areas. These areas include the 4700 hectare Mt. Kobau Site situated on the height of land between the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys; the 1850 hectare Chopaka East Site situated on Black Mountain, between Richter Pass and the International Boundary; the 470 hectare Chopaka West Site situated between Richter Mountain and the International Boundary; the 2350 hectare Kilpoola Site situated north and south of Highway 3 including the southeast slopes of Mount Kobau, Blue Lake and Kruger Mountain to the International Boundary; and the 25889 hectare Snowy Protected Area situated between the Lower Similkameen Indian Reserve. These areas, with the exception of Snowy Protected Area, compose the South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area. Potential future additions of Crown and private lands would possibly see large tracts of land north and south of Mt. Kobau along with tracts north and east of the existing boundaries of Snowy Protected Area.
The vegetation is mostly trees. There are many types of trees, Some of the trees are coniferous trees and deciduous. It is all scattered in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The forests are all mixed with birch trees, aspen trees, tamarisk trees, black and white spruce trees, willow trees, hemlock trees, pine trees and balsam fir trees. The mixed forests are beautiful in the fall when the leaves of the deciduous trees change color.
Dheeraj Patel Journey Around Canada 2. How do the natural characteristics of Canada influence human activity, and how might human activity influence Canada’s natural characteristics? (B1) In the Central part of Canada there are many different human activities that affect natural characteristics. In the Central part of Canada there are many interior plains landforms.
1.Describe the location of this ecozone in Canada. Which provinces? What part of that/those provinces?
Chapter 2: Canada’s Physical Base emphasizes reasoning for which its physical geography attributes to its regional geography, along with the population distribution and developing core regions. This chapter outlines main geological structure, landforms, climate, and impact on human a...
Canada has many geographic region, the largest of it all is the Canadian Shield. The Canadian Shield covers about 4,800,000 kilometres squared, or about 50% of Canada. The Canadian Shield is so big that it also covers some parts of the United States. Also the Canadian Shield is the geographic foundation of Canada. The Canadian Shield has thin soil so it’s ill suited for farming, but it is well suited for the mining industry. Also the Canadian Shield has large amounts of forestry's within its geographic region. It also has scenic river, waterfalls, and lakes. The Canadian Shield has vast amounts of water within its region that it is used for generating energy in hydro plants. And that’s the characteristics of the Canadian Shield, the largest
Cutting trees would give us, human beings, a less difficult time living. The article, “Tree Loss” states “ People cut down trees to make room for new farms, housing developments, highways and cities. ” I believe that cutting trees would leave space for new trees to grow. In addition, cutting trees would give space for structures and buildings. Also, the article, “ Tree Loss ” states “ Trees are used to make newspapers, computer paper,
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 it contains some of Canada’s largest cities, including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Windsor. The Mixedwood Plains has a relatively temperate climate with summers ranging an average temperature of 18o c – 22oc and winters ranging from -3oc - -110c.[2] Native mammals to the ecozone are black, brown and grizzly bears, grey wolves, coyotes and foxes, raccoons, squirrels, and other small mammals. Avian species include brown sparrow, hawks, crows, cardinals and bluejays. Fish are bass, trout, carp and pike. The Mixedwood Plains is made up of about 40% water, and contains over 20% of the worlds freshwater. One of the major problems in the world today is freshwater shortage. Because we have ample supply, we don’t notice, but much of the world is short on water. There are more water resources, but one of the largest is being quickly polluted and populated by invasive species .
Climate/Physical Features: The Northeastern Woodland Peoples had a wide variety of different trees and plants. In what is now Southern Ontario, there were deciduous forests of birch, elm and maple.
Environmental issues affect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. There are many resources that humans and animal needs to survive; some of the most obvious resources come from the forests. Forests make up a large percentage of the globe. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath, determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere. The wood from the forests are used everyday form many useful resources. Moreover, thinning the forests increases the amount of available light, nutrients and water for the remaining trees. Deforestation (forest thinning) is one of the most critical issues of environmental problems that are occurring today.
Though deforestation has increased at an alarming rate throughout the past fifty years, deforestation has been performed during the course of history. According to the World Resources Institute, a majority of the world’s enduring naturally occurring forests are found in Alaska, Canada, Russia and the Northwestern Amazon. Research has demonstrated forests are more likely to be destroyed and repurposed where economic revenues tied to agriculture and pasture are prominent, typically attributed to advantageous weather conditions, or lower expenses of demolishing the forest and delivering merchandises to the global
centuries. Today with an increasing population the amount of wood available has declined seriously in recent decades. People have been harvesting wood to cultivate land, burn, and for the use of raw materials for industry (Urquhart 2014). The estimated amount of deforestation taking place is twenty million hectares per year (Urquhart 2014). Climate change and global warming are just a few of the problems associated with the degradation of our forests.