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Proactive disclosure Print version | The winds of change: Climate change in Prairie Provinces Changing vegetation Receding forests and expanding grasslands Boreal forests occur in the cooler, moister climates of the Prairie Provinces. Further south, where the climate is warmer and drier, these forests are replaced by aspen parkland and open grassland. In a warmer climate, these ecoclimatic zones may shift northward. Much of the southern forest that supports our timber industry may come under stress or even be eliminated.
Potential impacts on forests
Where there's smoke there's fire
Forest fires and smoke plumes detected by satellite on August 11, 1998 across Canada. Forest fire hot spots (red) and smoke (yellow) detected over northern Alberta and Saskatchewan by satellite on August 11, 1998. Did you know? References Hogg, E.H. and Hurdle, P.A., 1995: The aspen parkland in western Canada: a dry-climate analogue for the future boreal forest?; Water, Air and Soil Pollution, v. 82, p. 391 - 400.
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