These and other publications are available free and can be picked up at the Nature Centre: or the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island office. Check our Contact Us page for more ways to reach us and our publications. If need be, our publications can be mailed out for a small fee to cover mailing and shipping expenses. Contact Gary Schneider for more information

Nature Trails of the Macphail Woods

• Introduction
• The Macphail Home
• The Native Plant Garden
• The Wildflower Trail
• The Streamside Trail
• The Woodland Trail
• The Rhododendron Trail

Tree Sheets.

How and Where to Plant Native Trees and Shrubs, by Gary Schneider and Ruth Richman, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I., Charlottetown, 1995.

• How to Plant Trees and Shrubs
• Attracting Wildlife
• Planting Hedgerows and Windbreaks
• Planting a White Spruce Hedge
• Schoolground Naturalization
• Planning a Productive Acre
• Biodiversity - Why worry about it?
• Areas to be Planted and Appropriate Species
• Partial List of Native Trees and Shrubs

Native Shrubs of Prince Edward Island

Growing and using fifteen favorite shrubs for: wildlife enhancement, erosion control, windbreaks, landscapes and much more. by Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I., Charlottetown, 1994.

• Why Plant Shrubs?
• Growing Native Shrubs
• Guide to Native Shrubs

Wildlife and Woodlands

Wildlife and Woodlands - What you can do, by Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I., Charlottetown. 1991

• Ecological Forestry
• Introduction
• A look at the past
• An introduction to ecosystem management
• Why we need a healthy wildlife community
• Maintaining variety
• Our fragmented forests
• The importance of wildlife trees
• Healthy soil in a healthy ecosystems
• Trees along streamsides
• The bigger picture
• Resources
• Glossary

More Native Trees and Shrubs of Prince Edward Island

by Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I., Charlottetown, 1995.

• Community Nurseries

Native Trees and Shrubs

A guide to restoring and improving biodiversity where you live, by Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of P.E.I., Charlottetown, 1995.

• Guide to native shrubs of Prince Edward Island
• Guide to native trees of Prince Edward Island

Native Trees and Shrubs

A collection of publications from the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project

This is a compilation of "Native Trees and Shrubs", "More Native Trees and Shrubs", and "Tree Sheets" with some changes and additions. Thanks to the PEI Gov Technology and Environment department, the entire book is available as a PDF, here.

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Articles

Here are a number of articles, covering a variety of environmental topics relating to Prince Edward Island. If you would like to keep up to date with whats happening at the Macphail woods, and this website, feel free to join our Mailing List.

"Waste" wood for energy
by Gary Schneider

We Need to Value Our Woodlands
by Gary Schneider

Provincial Forest Policy Review - Backgrounder
by Gary Schneider

Islanders need to make ecological forestry a priority
by Gary Schneider

Fish Kill Action Plan heavy on education, light on action
by Gary Schneider

Presentation to the PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry, fall 2003
by Gary Schneider.

Presentation to the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Environment
by Gary Schneider. Member of the Round Table on Resource Land Use and Stewardship

Biodiversity - Why Worry About it ?
by Gary Schneider

Will the new buffer zone legislation be enough?
by Gary Schneider.

New buffer zone legislation just won't get the job done
by Gary Schneider

Clearcuts and biq plantations - so what else is new?
by Gary Schneider

Presentation to Round Table on Resource Land Use and Stewardship, during Montague Public Meeting.
by Ruth Richman

Guest opinion to the Round Table on Resource Land Use and Stewardship.
by Gary Schneider

Guest Opinion to the Round Table on Resource Land Use and Stewardship.
By Ruth Richman

Just what will it take to make our government take action
by Gary Schneider

A call for legislative action in support of sustainable agriculture in PEI
by Gary Schneider

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