Forestry Industries Flashcards

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What 5 regions in which most of Canada’s commercial forestry is located?

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Boreal Forest Region
Taiga Forest Region
West Coast Forest Region
Montane Forest Region
Mixed Forest Region
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What is Commercial in forestry?

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Commercial trees are those that can be harvested profitably

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What is Boreal Forest Region?

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found in the Boreal Shield, Boreal Plains, and Boreal Cordillera.
eg: Black Spruce and White Spruce.

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What is Taiga Forest Region?

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found in the Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield, Hudson Plains, and Taiga Cordillera
coniferous trees: black spruce, white spruce jack pine
deciduous trees: poplar and trembling aspen

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What is West Coast Forest Region?

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It is found in Pacific Maritime

eg fir, sitka spruce, western red cedar, and western hemlock

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What is Montane Forest Region?

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found in Montane Cordillera

eg: spruce, lodgepole, and ponderosa pine.

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What is Mixed Forest Region?

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found in Mixed wood Plain and Atlantic Maritime

eg: as maple, birch, black walnut and cherry trees.

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What is Non-Commercial in forestry?

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They are forests that are unlikely to be cut down for industrial use.

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What is Clear-cutting?

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remove every tree, and leave an empty landscape behind

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What is Shelterwood logging?

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small groups of seed-bearing trees are left standing so that their seeds regenerate the logged area

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What is Selective logging?

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of harvesting only mature trees of the desired size, type, or quality.

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What are 3 Logging Operations?

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Clear-cutting
Shelterwood logging
Selective logging

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What are the 2 Manufacturing Operations

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Pulp and paper

Lumber

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What is Pulp and paper?

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is the world’s second largest producer of pulp and paper

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What is Lumber?

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British Columbia produces about 50% of Canada’s lumber.

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What are 3 Environmental Hazards?

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Acid precipitation
Insects
Forest fires

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What is Acid precipitation?

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emissions from the factories in the industrial areas

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What is Insects?

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spruce budworm, tent caterpillar, and gypsy moth causes millions of dollars of damage to forests every year.

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What is Forest fires?

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the problem comes when the fires occur in valuable timber land.
fire is a normal part of the life cycle of forest ecosystems