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Support healthy Island forests for a healthy future
2020-09-24
As part of National Forest Week, Islanders are encouraged to take time to recognize the importance of Island forests and trees to their own health and the Island’s future. “National Forest Week is a time for all Islanders to appreciate the great benefits that trees provide us – clean air, wildlife...
Fish kill reported in Montrose River
2020-08-30
On Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, Conservation Officers received a call from John Lane, Cascumpec Bay Watershed Association coordinator, reporting a fish kill in Alma on the Montrose River. Justice and Public Safety Conservation Officers, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Environment, Water and...
Caution urged as fire weather index reaches extreme
2020-08-07
With the Fire Weather Index at extreme and very high across Prince Edward Island, wildfire fighters are asking Islanders to be extremely cautious. “The Island has experienced a long stretch of very hot and dry weather this summer and this has driven up the Fire Weather Index to unusually high...
Domestic backyard burning permits now available online
2020-05-22
As part of the provincial government’s COVID-19 adaptation efforts, Island property owners can now apply for domestic burning permits online rather than driving to the nearest Forests, Fish and Wildlife office. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Forests, Fish and Wildlife offices remain...
Recreational fishing season delayed until at least June 1
2020-04-09
To support public health efforts to contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the opening of the recreational fishing season on Prince Edward Island is being delayed until at least June 1, 2020. “We understand how important the fishing season is to Islanders. This is not a decision we have taken...
Canada and PEI invest in protected areas
2020-02-20
Islanders will benefit from new efforts to protect natural areas and fight climate change. Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, and PEI’s Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change, Brad Trivers, announced that the Government of Canada is providing over...
Island forest firefighters bound for Australia
2020-02-04
Two wildfire fighters from Prince Edward Island are heading to Australia to assist with the unprecedented forest fires happening there. On February 6, two staff members from the department of Environment will travel to the state of Victoria, Australia with a team of professional wildland fire...