The Summary version of the Ecosystem-based Forest Management Manual was developed to explain the basic principles and goals of the Department's forest management programs.
Woodland Notes Vol 2: Harvest Choices for Island Woodlands explores the basic harvest methods commonly used on PEI and which forest types and forest management goals are best suited to each treatment.
The project initiated studies of fish and benthic macroinvertebrate responses to surface water abstraction for agriculture purposes in streams of PEI.
The Action Committee for Sustainable Land Management was established to examine the most recent fish kill at Barclay Brook and answer why current measures continue to fail to protect streams and rivers.
Eutrophication caused by nutrient enrichment is one of the leading causes of water quality impairment within coastal marine environments (NRC, 2000).
Observers of the Mill River Estuary (MRE) in Western PEI have noted deterioration in the health of the ecosystem during the last several decades.
Estuaries are highly productive systems and typically contain a large biomass of algae,
sea grasses and phytoplankton (McComb 1995). The estuaries of Prince Edward Island