Fort McMurray, in Canada’s Alberta province, is surrounded by two things: oil sands and boreal forests. And while the former emerged from last week’s massive wildfire largely unscathed, the latter is ...

Biologists have announced the discovery last month of the largest Alberta bat hibernation site (based on estimated bat count) ever recorded outside of the Rocky Mountains. The Wildlife Conservation ...

Half of Alberta's upland boreal forest is likely to disappear over the next century due to climate change, a new study shows. The upland forest will be replaced after wildfire by open woodland or ...

A loaded log truck travels on a highway in Alberta. Grande Prairie, Alberta 2020-11-12 A loaded log truck heads south on to Resources Road heading towards Weyerhauser on Thursday, Nov. 12. The annual ...

According to Alberta.ca, the Grande Prairie forest area, Eden forest area, High Level forest area, Lac La Biche forest area, Peace River forest area and Slave Lake forest area have been classified to ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/2438123 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/2438123 Copy URL Pollen analyses of seven peat sections in the vicinity of Edmonton, Alberta, reveal ...

Smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and northeastern B.C. reached Calgary this weekend, with forecasters warning of poor air quality in the city. An evacuation order for parts of the County of ...

With California’s wildfire season yet to take off, local firefighters were in western Canada for the past two weeks helping put down some of the most intense wildfires that the neighboring country has ...

EDMONTON (Monday, March 26, 2018)--Half of Alberta's upland boreal forest is likely to disappear over the next century due to climate change, a new study shows. The upland forest will be replaced ...

Crowsnest Pass, the lowest pass through the Rocky Mountains between New Mexico and Jasper National Park, is home to Alberta’s rarest, most tree-species-rich forest. Some species growing here are as ...