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Examines the clearcutting operations at the virgin forests of British Columbia. Information on logging firms Weyerhaeuser and International Forest Products; Details of the environmental campaign of the Sierra Club of British Columbia; Agreement of British Columbia to prohibit logging on the coastal Great Bear rainforest.

Describes tourist attractions in Baffin Island, Northwest Territories. Includes ice covered landscapes; Sled drives; Risks associated with travel in the area; Includes attacks from polar bears, drowning in ice holes and hypothermia; Necessities in traveling to the island; Temperature ranges in the island.

This section offers environmental news briefs as of March 1, 2017. Topics covered include Canada's ban on the use of coal in power plants by 2030, the record wind electricity generation in Texas, and a state of emergency declared by the Bolivian government due to the rapid melting of the glaciers that serve as the country's source of water.

The article compares the efforts of the U.S. and Canadian governments to ensure the survival of polar bears in light of global warming. It is reported that polar bears are likely to become extinct if global warming continues. It is also reported that Canada has declared polar bears a threatened species, where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has yet to rule on whether widespread ice melting threatens the species' survival. The implications for polar bears of U.S. oil and gas-lease sale in the Chukchi Sea that carries a 30-50 percent chance of causing an oil spill are also discussed.

The article focuses on the possible shift in the wheat belt of the U.S. to Canada due to global warming. An upcoming study by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (IMWIC) finds that India's wheat-growing region will shrink by 50% threatening the survival of hundreds of millions of people. Though U.S. is allegedly not doing enough to curb global warming, environmental groups like Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are trying to reduce the production of greenhouse gases. It is reported that the CGIAR is encouraging people to use less nitrogen fertilizer to minimize the emission of green house gas nitrous oxide.

This article informs that more than half a century ago, the unprepossessing eastern gem clam sneaked into Northern California's Bodega Bay, probably via shipments of oysters from the East Coast. The tiny bivalve did no obvious harm to its new environment, carving out a small niche for itself among the larger, better-adapted Nutricola clams native to the bay. The ants feed on the honeydew and in return protect the scale insects against predators and even transport them to noninfested plants. Trees stricken by scale insects sicken and die, opening gaps in the forest canopy and further altering the island ecosystem. Biologists have coined a new term for such complicated and widespread damage caused by exotic species: "invasional meltdown." The yellow crazy ant assault on Christmas Island was brought under control in 2003 with applications of the insecticide Fipronil in doses low enough not to harm birds, reptiles, or mammals, but high enough to reduce crazy ant numbers by 99 percent.

Focuses on the condition of the trade relations between the United States (U.S.) and Canada brought about by the issue of breaded cheese sticks. Declaration made by the U.S. in 1999 regarding Canadian cheese sticks; Implications of the issue on the allegiance of both countries to free trade.