Public presentation on July 20 about plant hardiness zones in Canada
Dr. Dan McKenney, of the Canadian Forest Service, will give a public presentation called "Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada; Now and in the future!" on Monday, July 20, at 2 p.m. in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre (Room 104) of the KC Irving Chemistry Centre at UPEI.
Plant hardiness zones are part of the lexicon of Canada's horticulture, agriculture and forest industries. McKenney will review the history of Canada's plant hardiness zones, recent updates and new developments in mapping plant hardiness. He will also discuss implications of climate change, including what it might mean for P.E.I.
McKenney is chief of the Geospatial Tools and Economic Analyses Section of the Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He has worked for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. He is an adjunct professor at the Department of Food Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph and the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, and a sessional lecturer at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie.
The public talk is being organized by the UPEI Faculty of Science. Everyone is welcome.
