P.E.I. sees trees, not the forest
Last Updated: Thursday, December 7, 2006 | 4:48 PM AT
CBC News

The government of P.E.I. has set aside about 800 hectares of Crown land for a sustainable forestry project, with an eye towards harvesting high-value trees instead of knocking down forests for pulp.

Well-known Island environmentalist Gary Schneider has taken on the project. Schneider, who received a Canadian Environment Award in 2004 for his work managing a 60-hectare woodlot surrounding the MacPhail Homestead in Orwell, will attempt to apply lessons learned there to the piece of Crown land in Valley, in the southeast corner of the province.

New snow can't hide the damage Gary Schneider sees in Crown-owned forests, including the number of typically weedy, less valuable species such as these balsam fir.New snow can't hide the damage Gary Schneider sees in Crown-owned forests, including the number of typically weedy, less valuable species such as these balsam fir.

"They're pretty beat-up woodlands," Schneider told CBC News during a tour of the forest earlier this week.

"They've been over-harvested and haven't been treated that well."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2006/12/07/schneider...