The Canadian Forest Service (CFS; ) is a sector of the Canadian government department of Natural Resources Canada. Part of the federal government since 1899, the CFS is a science-based policy organization responsible for promoting the sustainable development of Canada's forests and competitiveness of the forest sector to benefit present and future Canadians. Some of the research areas that the CFS is involved in include; forest fire, climate change, silviculture, soils, insects and disease, remote sensing and forest management. Since 1991 the sector has produced an annual report, The State of the Forest in Canada , which describes the status of the nation's forests and the forest industry.
Establishments
The CFS operates mainly from six establishments across the country, which include five research centres, two research forests and a headquarters office in Ottawa.
Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario . Laurentian Forestry Centre in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. Atlantic Forestry Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Research Forests
Petawawa Research Forest (100 km²) located in Laurentian Hills, Ontario. Acadia Research Forest (90 km²) located just east of Fredericton, New Brunswick.