Here’s a look at UBC Forestry in the media this month.
THIS WEEK: 24-30
Urban gardening: Rewilding in the city begins with tree planting, and right now is the prime time to start digging
Lorien Nesbitt | The Globe and Mail | September 30, 2023
Alternate links: Ontario News
On Fire: Under Water (Part 4)
Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Future Ecologies Podcast | September 29, 2023
Scientists Devise a Method for Removing Microplastics From Water
Orlando Rojas | The Good Men Project | September 28, 2023
Canadian Institute of Forestry Announces 2023 National Award Recipients
Richard Hamelin, Terry Sunderland | Business Examiner | September 28, 2023
Detecting GMGs and detouring the Alaska Highway due to permafrost (FR)
Gregory Paradis | Radio-Canada | September 28, 2023
Wildfires | Jen Baron | The Met Éireann Podcast | September 27, 2023
“Bomb cyclone” to hit B.C.’s south coast, what does this mean for flood risks?
Younes Alila | CBC Listen | September 27, 2023
Historic wildfire season raises questions about tree planting methods
John Innes | CBC | September 27, 2023
Using Forests to Help Miners Reach Net Zero Targets
Gregory Paradis | Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining | September 27, 2023
Why a summer of drought could lead to fall flooding in B.C.
John Richardson | CTV | September 26, 2023
Alternate links: iHeart Radio
It’s raining acorns: Garry oak ‘mast year’ a boon for city nursery replanting the native species
Ryan Senechal | Times Colonist | September 25, 2023
Alternate links: Vancouver News, Richmond News, Burnaby News, Tricity News, North Shore, Squamish Chief, Delta Optimist, New West Record, Bowen Island Undercurrent
Expert warns of erosion, debris torrents, as storm hits southern coast of B.C.
John Richardson | City News | September 24, 2023
New tool reveals inequitable distribution of ‘healing’ green spaces in Vancouver
Tahia Devisscher | Apple Podcasts | September 24, 2023
B.C. mule deer stressed by wildfire, but still much to learn about wildfire impacts
Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Vancouver Sun | September 24, 2023
SEPTEMBER 17-23
B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation practice
Megan Winand, MSc student | CBC News | September 23, 2023
Alternate links: CTV, CityNews, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post, CP24, Winnipeg Free Press, Yahoo News
Suzanne Simard, best-selling author of ‘Finding the Mother Tree,’ pledges advocacy for environmental protection ‘until I’m dead’
Suzanne Simard | Boston Globe | September 20, 2023
Areas of Vancouver most in need of green space are least likely to have it, says UBC research
Tahia Devisscher | CBC News | September 19, 2023
Alternate links: Yahoo News
Study finds clear-cut logging connected to extreme flooding
Younes Alila | Merritt Herald | September 18, 2023
Some insects feast on burnt trees after wildfires. Experts worry they could cause further destruction.
Kate Kitchens | CBC News | September 17, 2023
Alternate links: The Weather Network, Yahoo News
Scientists develop unreal solution to get toxic microplastics out of our drinking water.
Orlando Rojas | The Cool Down | September 17, 2023
Alternate links: Yahoo News
What’s next for the new Global Biodiversity Fund? (commentary)
Juliet Lu | South Africa Today | September 17, 2023
SEPTEMBER 10 –16
Only we can prevent forest fires? It depends on location
Lori Daniels | CBC Radio | September 16, 2023
Fires and global warming: forests threatened with disappearance (FR)
Lori Daniels | Radio-Canada | September 16, 2023
These Vancouver areas don’t have enough “healing” green spaces: UBC researchers
Tahia Devisscher | Daily Hive | September 15, 2023
The burning question: Researchers address harvest residue management in B.C.
Dominik Roeser | Canadian Forest Industries | September 13, 2023
Drought in BC may increase flood risks, experts say (FR)
Younes Alila | Radio-Canada | September 12, 2023
B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected
Lori Daniels | The Globe and Mail | September 10, 2023
Alternate links: CBC, CTV, Global News, National Post, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Winnipeg Free Press, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald
He built his family cabin to be fire resilient. It burned down anyway
Felix Wiesner | CBC | September 10, 2023
SEPTEMBER 3–9
B.C.’s forests are becoming more flammable due to climate change, finds study
Lori Daniels | Vancouver is Awesome | September 8, 2023
Alternate links: Business Intelligence for BC, Richmond News, TriCity News, North Shore News, Squamish Chief, New Westminster Record, Prince George Citizen
How Indigenous Techniques Saved a Community (FR)
Kira Hoffman | La Presse | September 5, 2023
New Plant-Based and Biodegradable Filter Removes Over 99% Of Microplastics in Water Without Creating Further Pollution
Orlando Rojas | My Modern Met | September 5, 2023
B.C. landscapes may never recover from wildfire damage, ecologists say
Ira Sutherland | CTV | September 4, 2023
Alternate links: Virgin Radio 94.5
Drinking water, aquatic life at risk due to B.C.’s fire-ravaged summer: experts
John Richardson | CityTV | September 4, 2023
SEPTEMBER 1–2
How severe wildfires are reshaping the future of B.C. forests
Lori Daniels | Vancouver Sun | September 2, 2023
Alternate links: The Province, Prince George Post, Montreal Gazette, Canada.com
Primary forests in danger (FR)
Janette Bulkan | La Voix Nord | September 2, 2023
B.C.’s southern neighbours have wildfire risk reduction plans; B.C. doesn’t
Lori Daniels | Vancouver Sun | September 1, 2023
Alternate links: Prince George Post, Canada.com, Calgary Herald, The Province,