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UBC Faculty of Forestry > News > In the Media: January 2024

In the Media: January 2024

January 8, 2024 | Author: UBC Forestry

Here’s a look at UBC Forestry in the media this month.

THIS WEEK: JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 3

B.C. Climate News: ‘Historic’ drought forcing hydro-rich B.C., Manitoba to import electricity
Younes Alila | Vancouver Sun | February 3, 2024

The need to stop clearcutting is ‘urgent’ to protect B.C. forests, reduce flooding risk: UBC study
Younes Alila | Vancouver Sun | January 30, 2024
Alternate links: The Province, Prince George Post, MSN, UBC News coverage

The perverse policies that fuel wildfires
Lori Daniels | The New Yorker | January 29, 2024

‘Zombie fires’ are burning even in the winter amid Canada’s record-setting fire season
Lori Daniels | NPR | January 28, 2024

Fungal infections in trees can hurt – or help – in the battle against mountain pine beetles
Richard Hamelin | CBC News | January 28, 2024

UBC researchers say ending clear-cut logging could reduce flood risks
Younes Alila | CTV News | January 27, 2024

JANUARY 21 – 27

Sustainable logging will safeguard against flood risks: UBC researchers
Younes Alila | Global News | January 25, 2024

Making Waves
Isla Myers-Smith | Globe and Mail Climate Newsletter | January 22, 2024

There’s trouble growing in British Columbia’s monoculture forests
Cindy Prescott | InfoNews.ca | January 22, 2024

JANUARY 14 – 20

A climate conspiracy theorist said the government deliberately lit wildfires. He just pleaded guilty to starting 14 himself
Kira Hoffman | CNN | January 17, 2024
Alternate links: Yahoo, AOL

The Landscape Ecology of Institutions with Ira Sutherland
Ira Sutherland | YourForest Podcast | January 17, 2024

The impact of road salt on the environment
John Richardson | CBC On The Coast | January 16, 2024

More than 100 wildfires still not considered out after B.C.’s record wildfire season
Lori Daniels | Vancouver Sun | January 16, 2024
Alternate links: Toronto Star, CTV News, City News, CP24, The Province, National Observer, Hamilton Spectator, Welland Tribune, Yahoo

2024 B.C. wildfire outlook
Kira Hoffman | Global News | January 14, 2024

UBC, WBCF, OIB collab for innovative forest resilience project
Ken Byrne | Canadian Forest Industries | January 15, 2024

JANUARY 7 – JANUARY 13

Village of McBride in fifth month of state of emergency because of drought
Lori Daniels | Vancouver Sun | January 10, 2024
Alternate links: The Province, Prince George Post

The hiking movement to reclaim green spaces
Keunhyun Park | BBC | January 9, 2024

How I fuse Western science with Traditional Knowledge
Jennifer Grenz | Nature | January 8, 2024

Making fire your friend
Lori Daniels | The Globe and Mail | January 8, 2024

‘Zombie Fires’ in Focus as New Wildfire Research Center Opens at UBC
Lori Daniels | BNN | January 6, 2024

Winter drought harbinger of potentially dire 2024 wildfire season in B.C.
Lori Daniels | Vancouver Sun | January 6, 2024
Alternate links: The Province, Prince George Post

Canada could face more record-breaking heat this year. How can we prepare for wildfires?
Lori Daniels | Radio-Canada | January 5, 2024
Alternate links: Yahoo

DECEMBER 31 – JANUARY 6

Province needs to stop clearcutting, Prince George MLA says
Younes Alila | Prince George Citizen | January 4, 2024
Alternate links: Business in Vancouver (BIV), North Shore News, Delta Optimist, Times Colonist, Vancouver is Awesome, Pique NewsMagazine, Burnaby Now, Tri-City News, Squamish Chief, New Westminster Record

Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
Peter Wood | New York Times | January 3, 2024

Not all doom and gloom: Here are 16 positive environmental stories from 2023
Orlando Rojas | Vancouver Sun | December 31, 2023
Alternate links: The Canadian News, The Province, Prince George Post

Posted in: In the Media Monthly, News
Tagged with: In the Media

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