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     Future cover types 
     
    

    
     The human impact on the forest and the natural succession are favouring the increase of species like__ 
     
     red maple, poplar, and white birch. The future of the softwood cover types is to decrease in area. Even 
     
     without the current increase in harvesting, it has been estimated that the softwood cover types would drop 
     
     from 24% in 1980 to 8% in the year 2010. The industry, plants, and animals that depend on the softwood 
     
     cover types would decrease dramatically. The forestry plantation establishment program continued at near 
     
     current levels could slow the decrease in the softwood cover type to 15% in 2010. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editors Note: A forest stand, shown on a map as a cover type, is simply a group of trees with the same 
     
     visual appearance (usually from the air), i. e. relatively the same species or species groups, height, and 
     
     density. Foresters model forest growth based on these groupings and the age of a representative sample. 
     
     Animal and plant populations can be compared to these groupings to determine how they might be impacted 
     
     by changes in the forest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BRUCE SMITH HONOURED: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Congratulations go out to Bruce Smith or Stratford, one of the Society's unsung heroes. Canada’s 
     
     largest conservation organization recently recognized his life-long work and dedication. On June 2, the 
     
     Canadian Wildlife Federation presented Bruce with the prestigious Roland Michener Conservation Award at a 
     
     ceremony in Regina, Saskatchewan. 
     
    

    
     The Roland Michener Conservation Award was established in 1978 by the Canadian Wildlife 
     
     Federation as a tribute to the former Governor General of Canada. Each year, this award is presented to a 
     
     Canadian who has demonstrated a life long commitment to conservation. 
     
    
   
   
    
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