There are far too many information resources on the internet for us to list here. Below are some useful links for learning about ancient forests and forest conservation, along with some information about the organizations. This is by no means a comprehensive list.

The Adventurers

Join the Adventurers on canoe treks across Ontario's ancient forests, on dogsled trips and much more.

Canadian Environmental Law Association
517 College Street, Suite 401
Toronto, Ontario M6G 4A2
Telephone: (416) 960-2284
Fax: (416) 960-9392
email: cela@web.net

"The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is a non-profit public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms."

Canadian Nature Federation
1 Nicholas Street, Suite 606
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7
email: CNF@cnf.ca

"National non-profit organization representing Canadian naturalists, their provincial federations and local societies"

Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
National Office
Suite 380, 401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8
Telephone: 1-800-333-WILD; (416) 979-2720
Fax: (416) 979-3155
email: cpaws@icomm.ca

Non-profit membership-based conservation organization, founded in 1963. "CPAWS is Canada's grassroots voice for wilderness."

"The first step is admitting that you have a problem. After decades of denial, most of us now realize we are addicted to fossil fuels that create vast quantities of carbon dioxide, and that this addiction also extends to a wide variety of industrial and agricultural practices that create a whole host of other global warming gases. We are fundamentally changing the planet we live on. We know we have a problem, so what now?"

Explains the choices we can make as a society and individually to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase sustainability.

A good place to start if you want to learn more about ecoforestry.

"Nature knows best how to manage forests. By working with nature, we can be nurtured perpetually by the forest, but the scale of activity in the forest for human needs must be balanced by the capacity of the forest to maintain and sustain itself."

Earthroots
416-599-0152

"Earthroots is a non-profit, grassroots, environmental organization dedicated to protecting wilderness, wildlife and watersheds through research, education and action. Earthroots has 12,000 supporters in Canada."

Ecojustice
Suite #214 - 131 Water Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4M3
Telephone: (604) 685-5618
Fax: (604) 685-7813
"Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund) goes to court to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment. Since 1990, we have created lasting solutions to Canada's environmental problems by winning landmark cases and setting powerful precedents."

"The FON is a membership-based not for profit, non-government organization dedicated to protecting and conserving Ontario's natural heritage. Founded in 1931, the FON represents 15,000 individual members and a network of eighty-nine local naturalists' clubs."

"Still a relatively new initiative, forest certification is a means of linking environmentally and/or socially conscious consumers with like-minded producers, retailers and distributors. Founded in 1993, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an internati onal, independent, non-governmental organization promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forest. FSC accredits certifying organizations, who in turn, certify forestry organizations that meet FSC developed Principles and Criteria and other specific standards identified at the national and/or regional levels."

Greenpeace Canada
1726 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia V5N 4A3
Telephone: (604) 253-7701
Fax: (604) 253-0014

National Aboriginal Forestry Association
875 Bank Street
Ottawa, Canada K1S 3W4
PHONE: (613)233-5563;
FAX: (613)233-4329

"Advancing the concepts of aboriginal control and sustainable development of forest resources to serve the needs of Aboriginal communities"

The Nature Conservancy

Works on active land conservation in the United States

Old Growth Free Markets Intitiaive

Markets Initiative works directly with Canadian companies to develop practical and economic ways to shift their wood and paper use away from ancient and endangered forest products to ecologically sound alternatives. We work through the entire supply chain and stimulate the market demand for alternative products.

Information about Ontario's natural resources, from parks and protected areas to intensive forest management. A lot of information, but you may have to hunt for what you want, and be aware that forest information may have an industry bias.

Ontario Wildlands League
Suite 380, 401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8

"The Wildlands League, an Ontario chapter of the Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, has been working since 1968 to protect Ontario's wild places. We see the protection of Ontario's wild lands as the key to ensuring an ecologically healthy future for th is province. At the heart of our vision for a green Ontario is the Endangered Spaces Campaign, a rational, science-grounded action strategy that calls for the establishment of representative protected areas in all of Ontario's 49 ecological regions."

Ottertooth.com

One of the best sites for Temagami and other Ontario canoeing destinations. "A place for North American wilderness canoeists."

The Sierra Club was founded by naturalist and writer John Muir in 1892 to protect the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada. Over the years, the activities of the Sierra Club have expanded to include issues ranging from climate change and ozone depletion to toxic chemical contamination and loss of biological diversity. The Sierra Club has been active in Canada since 1969, working on matters of public policy and environmental awareness. We have local chapters and working groups in every region of the country.

Tom Volk's Fungi

Every thing you want to know about Fungi, including the Fungus of the month, and university lecture materials posted on the web.

L'Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature (UQCN)

"One of the main organizations of Quebec committed to protect the environment and to promote a sustainable society and use of resources. Founded in 1981, UQCN comprises now some 5 000 individual members and 112 affiliated groups from every region of Quebec. They are approximately 50 000 and work in fields related to the environment and natural sciences." Website is mostly in French.

The White Pine Society

"In 1837, when cutting began, 3,500,000 acres of Minnesota forest were dominated by white pines; by 1990, only 67,000 acres were. 98% of Minnesota's white pine forest has been l ost. Only 2% of Minnesota's white pine forest have grown back as white pine after cutting.

Dr. Lynn Rogers has been walking in the forests for over thirty years doing wildlife research. He is best known for his work with black bears in the Ely area. For seventeen years he worked at the Forest Service as a researcher. During that time he publ ished over 100 articles on black bears and on forest ecology... In 1990, Dr. Rogers realized the future of black bears and other animals were dependent on forest diversity. Dr. Rogers realized the White Pine was being lost in the Minnesota forests. The re sult of that is Dr. Rogers formed the White Pine Society in 1994."

"Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) is Canada's largest membership-based citizen-funded wilderness preservation organization. We work for the preservation of Canadian and international wilderness through research and grassroots education."

As the name Implies, especially strong in Western Canada.

World Wildlife Fund Canada
245 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 410
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4P 3J1
Phone: 1-800-26-PANDA
In the Toronto area: (416) 489-8800
Fax: (416) 489-3611

"World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to saving life on Earth, through the conservation of nature and ecological processes. Conserving biological diversity is essential for ensuring a liveable future for humans and all species.

WWF Canada pursues this global mission through four conservation programsEndangered Species, Endangered Spaces and Wildlife Toxicology in Canada and an International program in Latin America."

A good place to look for answers, this site provides extensive rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information, mostly through reviewed links, a searchable database, and international action alerts. The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration. Another entry to the site is via their Forest Conservation Links, a reviewed Forest Conservation search space - browse by category, or search the entire content of the best Internet scientific & advocacy resources

Oikos

Oikos offers information on energy efficiency and environmentally responsible building construction. The site includes a database of 1,800 green building materials, a book store

The Green Links site lists Canadian environmental web sites.

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