Fuelwood: Safe, Effective and Affordable. Islanders have traditionally used firewood as a cost-effective and readily available cooking and heating fuel. In recent years high fuel oil costs and concern over fossil fuels and climate change have increased demand for locally produced...
The Watershed Management Fund provides financial support to community-based watershed groups on Prince Edward Island. Who receives support from the Watershed Management Fund? The fund supports the work of the PEI Watershed Alliance and approximately 24 community-based watershed...
Watersheds on PEI A watershed is an area of land that drains surface water and groundwater into a river or stream. Prince Edward Island has more than 250 watersheds. They provide drinking water for the province, as well as water for agricultural and commercial needs. Every...
The Acadian Forest Prince Edward Island is part of Canada's Acadian Forest region. This forest region (orange) covers all of PEI and Nova Scotia and most of New Brunswick. Ecologically, it is very similar to the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Forest Region of central Canada and the much...
The Forests, Fish and Wildlife division operates under a variety of policies and conducts studies on a wide range of subjects pertinent to the Division's mandate. Forests, Fish and Wildlife Policies PEI Forest Policy - 2006 PEI Wetland Conservation Policy - 2007 PEI Wildlife...