Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond: expert

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The Christmas trees take eight to 12 years to reach the size most people are looking for, and young seedlings are particularly vulnerable to climate risks, said Richard Hamelin, head of the forest conservation sciences department at the University of B.C. Although Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia lead the country when it comes to producing Christmas trees, Hamelin said he expects the successive extreme weather events in B.C. will contribute to an ongoing shortage for years to come.

Climate change is not the only factor challenging farmers and threatening Canada’s stock of real Christmas trees, which has been declining for several years. However, there is a “light at the end of the tunnel” that comes in the form of agritourism, Brennan said in a recent interview.

Climate Change affecting main stream media, constantly reporting everything in today's world is due to climate change. : expert

Oh the redundancy of real trees. The shark fin soup of the forest.

Cancel Christmas?

Sad to see tradition go, but it's time to acknowledge/accept that tree farms as they currently operate are not a sustainable part of the natural environment. I guess selective harvesting may be a solution. Less profitable of course...

Other then a few days of above average temperature a few years ago, where is the “climate change” in this region?

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