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Celebrating Roadless Forests

Ponderosa pines in Caton Lake Roadless on
Payette NF, nine years after prescribed fire –
Photo courtesy of John McCarthy/ TWS

Last week, conservationists gathered in our nation’s capital to toast 10 years of Roadless Forests. They were marking the anniversary of a key piece of legislation that has helped to safeguard our public woodlands. Unfortunately, the Bush […]

Canada’s Largest Green Roof

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This green roof will be the largest in Canada when complete. It’s the roof of the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre. The whole Centre is being built with high environmental standards. Besides the multi-hectare intensive green roof, it will have energy efficient lighting and electrical systems, an on-site desalinization system, and a greywater treatment that […]