The Province of PEI and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) have identified the forested landscape on PEI as one of twelve Priority Places for Species at Risk in Canada. The identification of Priority Places for Species at Risk is based on their significant biodiversity...
Post-tropical storm Fiona hit Prince Edward Island on September 23-24, 2022 with hurricane-force winds and significant rainfall. As a result, our island experienced widespread and substantial damage to its coastlines and forests. Post-storm satellite imagery, acquired by the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, showed the forest area affected by blowdown exceeds 32,000 ha (79,000 acres), with some variation across Prince, Queens, and Kings counties. This caused losses, damages, and cleanup-costs to many of PEI’s 16,000 private woodlot owners; these losses included damage to...
On invite les Insulaires à s’inscrire à l’atelier provincial annuel sur la chasse pour en apprendre davantage sur la sécurité à la chasse. L’atelier gratuit aura lieu le samedi 9 septembre 2023, de 8 h 30 à 14 h, au Charlottetown Trap & Skeet Club, à Mount Albion, et est ouvert...
2024 Envirothon: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future New York, host of the 2024 NCF-Envirothon International Competition, was chosen as the theme "Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future" as its Current Environmental Issue (CEI). In the modern world we live in, energy...