WINNIPEG Ontario provincial staff trapped and killed an aggressive bear near Kenora, leaving its three bear cubs wandering around cottages in the area before being rescued. A spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) said, in late April, ministry staff were called about a bear in a rural residential area west of Kenora. The ministry was advised there was a large single bear, that had ripped off the door of a shed, broken into a car, and tried to enter a home, a spokesperson told CTV News in a written statement. The spokesperson said because of these concerns, the staff trapped and subsequently killed the bear.
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WINNIPEG Ontario provincial staff trapped and killed an aggressive bear near Kenora, leaving its three bear cubs wandering around cottages in the area before being rescued. A spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) said, in late April, ministry staff were called about a bear in a rural residential area west of Kenora. The ministry was advised there was a large single bear, that had ripped off the door of a shed, broken into a car, and tried to enter a home, a spokesperson told CTV News in a written statement. The spokesperson said because of these concerns, the staff trapped and subsequently killed the bear.
SHARE ON: Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is using grant money to buy drones to map the land and manage forest inventory in the region. Photo supplied
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is using grant money to buy drones to map the land and manage forest inventory in the region.
The First Nation’s Lands and Natural Resources Department is incorporating light detecting and ranging, called LiDAR (LIE-DAR just like radar) technology and drones to manage forestry mapping, as part of its business plan, explains department director John Manitowabi.
Manitowabi says the $155,000 in funding for the new equipment was provided through Natural Resources Canada’s Indigenous Forestry Initiative.
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“Severe” defoliation is predicted for eastern Ontario’s forests this summer as, for the second year in a row, millions of gypsy moth caterpillars hatch and head to the treetops to feed.
By the time they’re done in July, the very hungry caterpillars an invasive species can strip bare vast swaths of forests.
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“Our forests are suffering from cataclysmic insults these days,” said Eric Boysen, a trained forester and woodlot owner in Maberly in Lanark County.