Forest Regions | Pulp, Paper, and Lumber | Logging Processes | Acid and Fire | General |
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What is the Taiga Forest Region?
This region contains mostly coniferous trees. It is one of the largest regions in Canada, and has cold weather.
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What are recycled wood and wood chips?
This is what Pulp is made from.
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What is clear-cutting?
This process involves cutting down all the trees in a certain area.
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What is lightning?
This is the most common cause of natural wildfires.
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What is sustainable yield?
This is taking natural resources at a safe rate.
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What is the Boreal Forest Region?
This region has long winters and short summers. Deciduous trees are in the southern part, and coniferous in the northern.
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What are sawmills?
These have decreased from over 900 to about 850 since the 1970s.
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What is clear-cutting?
This is the cheapest process.
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What is nutrients?
This is what acid rain destroys in forest soils.
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What are industrial and environmental?
These are the two views on forestry and logging.
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What is the West Coast Forest Region?
This region is located on the coast of British Columbia. It has large coniferous trees that can grow up to 50 meters tall.
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What is the United States?
This is where half of Canada's softwood lumber is exported to.
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What is cutting down only certain trees in an area?
This is how selective cutting works.
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What is opening their cones and letting out the seeds?
This is how fire helps the Jack Pine reproduce.
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What is hardwood?
This type of wood is commonly used in construction.
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What is the Montane Forest Region?
This region is found in mountainous areas with a colder climate. They mainly have coniferous trees.
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What is more than 40?
This is how many different trees B.C. has.
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What is because machinery has to move around newer trees?
This is why shelterwood cutting is the most difficult.
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What is when precipitation containing acid falls on the earth?
This is how acid rain occurs.
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What is the Boreal and Taiga Region?
The forest region is the largest region of Canada.
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What is the Mixed Forest region?
This region is in the southeastern part of Canada. Moderate precipitation because of the water bodies.
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What are lumber and hydroelectric production?
These were Canada's leading resources that urged the creation of sawmills.
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What is clear-cutting?
This process is the safest option soil-wise.
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What is neutralize the acid rain and prevent soil damage?
Large areas of the eastern part of Canada cannot do this.
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What is 2.47 million?
This is about how many trees are cut down every day.
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