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- Resources from Trees Canada
- Resources from the Canadian Forest Service
- CNESST Resources
- BNQ Resources
- Other Resources
Resources published by Trees Canada
- Cultiver des villes vertes : Guide pratique de la foresterie urbaine au Canada
- Growing Green Cities: A Practical Guide to Urban Forestry in Canada
Resources published by the Canadian Forest Service
Technical guides for monitoring urban trees. The translation was completed by the Canadian Forest Service, in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Research and Development.
A series of training videos on YouTube explaining the practical guide and the resource guide (5 videos, each lasting 5 to 8 minutes). These videos were made with support from the Forest Service Region 5.
Links to the LIGHTHOUSE bulletin of the Canadian Forest Service - Laurentian Forestry Centre
- Sawfly zigzags on the leaves of the elm
- Ten years of knowledge creation on the spruce budworm outbreak
- A threat at the borders: oak wilt caused by Bretziella fagacearum
- Thaws and cold spells: a challenge for the spruce budworm?
- Enemies of the spruce budworm uncovered by their DNA
- Where do you come from, little spongy?
- The emerald ash borer: a difficult insect to monitor!
- Asian spongy: insecta non grata in Canada
- The emerald ash borer: does that ring a bell?
- The emerald ash borer: fighting to avoid cutting down
- Forest genomics: to find a response to diseases
- Butternut: what are its chances against canker?
- White pine blister rust: knowledge, control, and innovation
- Anatomy of a successful pruning
- L'Éclaircie: René-Pomerleau Herbarium: a reference in mycology
- René-Pomerleau Herbarium... the database
- Compartmentalization: a means of defense for trees
- Pruning, or the art of intervening at the right time
CNESST Resources and Accident Reports
Accident Reports
- Death of a Worker During Tree Felling - April 2024
- Death of a Worker During Pruning Work in Trois-Rivières - October 2023
- Death of a Volunteer Worker Struck by a Tree Trunk in Saint-Sixte - March 2022
- Death of a Manual Feller at Forest Company Claude Gravelle S.E.N.C. in Île-du-Grand-Calumet – November 2021
- Death of a Manual Feller Employed by Lauzon – Exclusive Wood Products Following the Fall of a Tree in Lac Cayamant – July 2020
- Worker Trapped in a Tree Stump Grinder – March 2020
- Electrocution of a Climbing Pruner from Patrick Turgeon Company (Arb’attage) in Quebec City - May 2019
- Pruning Assistant Fatally Struck by a Branch in Gatineau
Health and Safety Prevention Info
Resources from the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
The following documents are available for purchase on the BNQ website.
It costs $25 for the standard in PDF format and $75 for a network license (multiple users).
- Standard 0605-200 - Arboricultural and horticultural works
- Standard 0605-100 - Landscaping maintenance using plants