Sudbury has another generation to go before its landscape is completely reclaimed after years of deforestation, a Laurentian professor says. Peter Beckett, professor emeritus of ecological restoration at Laurentian University, said although regreening efforts by the community – including schools, businesses and the government – have been impressive, he estimates it will take another decade at least to return it to a healthy state. Beckett said it was a Liberal policy in the early days of regreening efforts to improve the landscape in more visible areas and around certain lakes. Although noticeable, and an improvement over the barren Sudbury landscape of the 1970s and 80s, only about 30,000 hectares have been reclaimed. This photo taken of the same area of Sudbury at different points in time shows how far the city's landscape has come thanks to regreening efforts.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2021 09:56 UTC