Our acadian forest in danger

The Acadian forest is the region that encompasses most of the forest in the Maritime Provinces. [...] The Conservation Council of New Brunswick 1.3 The Importance of Mature Forest in the Acadian Forest Before the arrival of Europeans in New Brunswick, over 50 percent of the forest would have been considered old growth forest – with the average dominant tree age of 150 years (Mosseler et al., 2003). [...] The Conservation Council of New Brunswick 1.4 The Importance of Diversity in the Acadian Forest There are thirty tree species that make up the Acadian forest. [...] The Conservation Council of New Brunswick 1.5 Forest Communities of the Acadian Forest The following Acadian forest communities were derived from work by Judy Loo and Nadine Ives (2003) on the historical condition of the Acadian forest. [...] The goal of our analysis was to answer the questions: 1. Is the current classification system for forest diversity and wildlife habitat on Crown land sufficient for maintaining the diversity of the Acadian forest?