NB Forests: Have a look!
Concerned about the level of clearcutting across the New Brunswick landscape? Frank Johnston has assembled links to satellite photos that tell the tragic tale of NB forests. Keith Wilson has taken a video of clearcutting along the Cains River. Both are eye-opening!
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Please find a set of Google Map links of selected areas of New Brunswicks deforested landscape below. Clicking on the link leads to the Google map satellite view. If you have Google Earth or the Google Earth Plugin installed the Earth view is accessible from the Google Map page. The full frame view is accessed by clicking the delta next to the Print and Link icons. Clicking the Link icon gives the email send to share if any of these images are of interest.
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/
Forest Cover Acadian Region
Forest Cover North East Region
Forest Cover Claire Region
Forest Cover North West Region
Forest Cover Acadian Region, Paquetville
Forest Cover Kouchibouguac National Park
Forest Cover Camerons Mill Saint-Louis de Kent Region
Forest Cover Campbellton Dalhousie Region
Forest Cover Riley Brook Region
Forest Cover Fundy Region
Forest Cover Woodstock Region
Google Maps NB Overview
Google Maps Plaster Rock and Bathurst Region
Google Maps Fundy Park Region
Forested Landscape, Rush Creek, WI - This is a landscape where forested slopes are only harvested sustainably and wetlands are protected. Agriculture uses soil conservation practices.
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Check out Keith Wilson's three videos and some discussion on the Wilson Camps blog.