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The Forest in Crisis
198121 min 20 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Susan Murgatroyd
Production: Judy LeGrosArthur Hammond
Script: Jim HyderSusan Murgatroyd
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the Canadian Forestry Service of Environment Canada, and the Forest Resources Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
This film dispels the myth that Canada has an inexhaustable supply of usable wood. It documents the use and misuse of forest resources in northern Ontario, and the efforts of government and industry to find better ways to grow a second forest. However, the problem is not just a northern one. The crisis threatens the forest industry, creator of one out of ten Canadian jobs.
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Subject categories
- Forestry > Conservation and ReforestationDeforestationOntario
- Environment and Conservation > Forestry
- Social Studies > Environmental Challenges
- Geography > Environmental Issues
- Science > Environmental Science
Credits
- director
- Susan Murgatroyd
- producer
- Judy LeGros
- Arthur Hammond
- executive producer
- Arthur Hammond
- script
- Jim Hyder
- Susan Murgatroyd
- camera
- Vic Sarin
- Jack Vandermay
- sound
- Ian Blackford
- editing
- Tom Berner
- re-recording
- Len Abbott
- narrator
- Arthur Black
Awards
- Second PrizeFilm Festival of the Society of American Foresters