Here’s a look at UBC Forestry in the media this month.
Droughts can be tough reminders of importance of water conservation
John Richardson | The Weather Network | July 31, 2023
Alternate links: Yahoo!News
Eco reads: Five books imagining a post-global warming future
Suzanne Simard | The Parliament | July 31, 2023
UBC researchers turn black bitumen into green carbon fibres
Scott Renneckar | JEC | July 31, 2023
Two billion trees to deal with climate change (FR)
Gregory Paradis | Le Franco | July 30, 2023
Menaces of the sky: Here’s why even eagles hate crows
Peter Arcese | Daily Hive | July 29, 2023
This UBC professor is spinning the stuff of electric dreams
Scott Renneckar | The University of British Columbia Magazine | July 28, 2023
City launches radical plan to solve major issue in many of its neighborhoods: ‘We need nature as our neighbor’
Cecil Konijnendijk | The Cool Down | July 27, 2023
Alternate links: Yahoo!News
Concerns grow over B.C. floods and wildfires amid rare May heat wave
John Innes | Morning News | July 26, 2023
Battling the Blaze: Understanding B.C.’s wildfire history and future solutions
Lori Daniels | Times Colonist | July 25, 2023
Alternate links: Vancouver Is Awesome, Squamish Chief, Pique Newsmagazine, North Shore News, Powell River Peak, Coast Reporter, Alaska Highway News, Bowen Island Undercurrent, New West Record, Prince George Citizen, Burnaby Now, Richmond News, TriCity News, Delta Optimist, Business Intelligence for B.C., Castanet, Head Topics Canada
Drought conditions threatening B.C. salmon as river levels drop
Scott Hinch | CBC | July 21, 2023
Alternate links: The Weather Network, ArabNews24.ca,
Episode 288: The ’emoji’ case and forestry micro-certificates
Sheri Andrews-Key | The Construction Record Podcast | July 21, 2023
Faucet frugality: Experts say B.C. residents need to conserve water now
John Richardson | Langley Advance Times | July 19, 2023
Alternate links: The Chilliwack Progress, Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Surrey Now-Leader, Oak Bay News, Peace Arch News, Trail Times, West K News, Nanaimo News Bulletin, The Free Press, Chemainus Valley Courier, North Delta Reporter, Summerland Review, Peninsula News Review, Goldstream News Gazette, North Thompson Star/Journal, Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News, Coast Mountain News, Eagle Valley News, 100 Mile Free Press, Arrow Lakes News, Kimberley Bulletin, Saanich News, Lake Cowichan Gazette, Penticton Western News, Comox Valley Record, Clearwater Times, Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle, Vanderhoof Omineca Express, Cowichan Valley Citizen, Caledonia Courier, The Northern View, Haida Gwaii Observer, Vernon Morning Star, The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal, Victoria News, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Nelson Star, Northern Sentinel, North Island Gazette, Salmon Arm Observer, Aldergrove Star, Grand Forks Gazette, Keremeos Review, Lake Country Calendar, The Similkameen Spotlight, Creston Valley Advance, Burns Lake Lakes District News, The Golden Star, Boundary Creek Times, Revelstoke Review, Castlegar News, The Interior News, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, Sooke News Mirror, Houston Today, Rossland News, The Abbotsford News, Vancouver Island Free Daily, Mission City Record, Terrace Standard, Campbell River Mirror, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, Alberni Valley News, The Williams Lake Tribune, Hope Standard, Cloverdale Reporter, Kelowna Capital News, Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Rainy Rambles: The give and take of trees
Suzanne Simard | Our Coast | July 19, 2023
Ancient western red cedar tree falls in Stanley Park
Andrew Almas | Weather Network | July 19, 2023
Ottawa has pledged to plant two billion trees to fight climate change
Gregory Paradis | Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse | July 19, 2023
UBC launching nine new micro-certificates aimed at forestry and construction
Sheri Andrews-Key | Journal of Commerce | July 19, 2023
B.C. wildfire season now most destructive on record
Jen Baron | CBC | July 18, 2023
Only a true Vancouverite has done ALL 12 of these things
UBC Forestry | Daily Hive | July 18, 2023
Alternate links: CACNews.ca (Chinese), VanPeople.com (Chinese), Sohu.com (Chinese)
Stavros Avramidis Appointed as 19th President of the International Academy of Wood Science
Stavros Avramidis | Wood Industry | July 18, 2023
‘All to our detriment’: Are dried up ponds a big issue in Vancouver?
John Richardson | Vancouver is Awesome | July 17, 2023
600-year-old tree falls in Stanley Park
John Richardson | CityNews | July 17, 2023
‘All to our detriment’: Are dried up ponds a big issue in Vancouver?
John Richardson | Vancouver is Awesome | July 17, 2023
A virtual reality project to raise awareness about climate change on Qikiqtaruk, or Herschel Island
Isla Myers-Smith | CBC | July 14, 2023
B.C. Drought 2023: Here are 10 tips on how to save water
John Richardson | Vancouver Sun | July 14, 2023
Alternate links: Saltwire, The Province, Canada.com, Prince George Post,
B.C.’s 2023 wildfire season claims second spot in all-time record
Lori Daniels | Vancouver is Awesome | July 13, 2023
Alternate links: Head Topics, TriCity News, Coast Reporter, Powell River Peak, Pique Newsmagazine, Alaska Highway News, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Burnaby Now, Squamish Chief, Prince George Citizen, Delta Optimist, New Westminster Record, North Shore News,
Opinion: Canada’s wildfire approach needs to shift from reactive to proactive
Kira Hoffman | Globe and Mail | July 13, 2023
Easy ways to conserve water this summer
John Richardson | UBC News | July 13, 2023
UBC Forestry’s Micro-Certificates: Pioneering Sustainable Building Solutions
UBC Forestry | Western Built Magazine | July 13, 2023
Metro Vancouver seeing ‘higher-than-usual’ water consumption; residents urged to conserve
John Richardson | CTV | July 13, 2023
Professor John Richardson on BC drought conditions
John Richardson | CBC | July 13, 2023
Bracing for further water restrictions as drought worsens
John Richardson | CBC | July 13, 2023
Worsening drought conditions in BC
John Richardson | CTV Morning Live | July 13, 2023
Conserving water this summer
John Richardson | CKNW | July 13, 2023
British Columbians asked to conserve water as drought gets worse
John Richardson | CityNews | July 13, 2023
VR project brings the realities of Arctic climate change in Canada to viewers
Isla Myers-Smith | Radio-Canada | July 12, 2023
In virtual reality, watch climate change unfold on an Arctic island
Isla Myers-Smith | Cabin Radio | July 12, 2023
‘Seeing is believing’: VR project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon island
Isla Myers-Smith | CTV | July 11, 2023
Alternate links: CBC, Toronto Star, National Post, Yahoo!News, Vancouver is Awesome, Times Colonist, BurnabyNow, Richmond News, TriCity News, New Westminster Record, Surrey Now-Leader, Kelowna Capital News, Cloverdale Reporter, Hope Standard, Terrace Standard, Mission City Record, Campbell River Mirror, Langley Advance Times, Peace Arch News, The Abbotsford News,
Virtual reality project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon island
Isla Myers-Smith | Globe and Mail | July 11, 2023
Why cities need better public transit to public lands
Keunhyun Park | Audubon | July 11, 2023
Urban forests like Stanley Park must also be protected from fires (FR)
Gregory Paradis | Radio-Canada | July 11, 2023
B.C. residents asked to conserve water as severe drought persists
John Richardson | CBC | July 11, 2023
Protecting our future health
Lorien Nesbitt | Pathways Magazine | July 10, 2023
FIRST READING: Forests used to catch fire like this all the time
UBC Forestry | National Post | July 10, 2023
Alternate links: SwotVerge, Regina Leader-Post, Ottawa Citizen,
The search for the Chilliwack Giant
UBC Forestry | Fraser Valley Current | July 7, 2023
Just how big is B.C.’s largest wildfire? It would stretch beyond the Lower Mainland
Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Vancouver Sun | July 5, 2023
Alternate links: The Province, O Canada
Letter to the Editor: I repeat that the sale by the gov’t of carbon credits was fraudulent
Janette Bulkan | Stabroek News | July 5, 2023
Letter to the Editor: The sale of forest-based carbon credits by the government of Guyana was fraudulent
Janette Bulkan | Stabroek News | July 3, 2023
For the love of trees
Suzanne Simard | e-know.ca | July 2, 2023