Full Podcast: https://lovethenorth.ca/article/260909-when-forest-goes-quiet-what Troy Woodhouse raises a question many Northern Ontarians are starting to ask: **If Quebec stopped allowing glyphosate for forestry applications more than 20 years ago, why is it still being sprayed over forests in Ontario?** Troy’s concern is not just about one chemical. It is about what happens to the entire ecosystem when herbicides are used to suppress deciduous vegetation such as birch and poplar so commercially valuable conifers can dominate. He describes what can happen afterward: mixed forests become more like monocrops, with one dominant tree species and far less growing underneath. That means less browse for moose, fewer berries, fewer plants, less insect habitat and less food and nesting habitat for birds. Troy says some sprayed blocks become what he calls **“silent forests”** — places where you hear fewer birds, see little vegetation underneath the trees and notice far less biodiversity. He also raises concerns about traditional harvesting areas, blueberries, wildlife and waterways, while being careful to say he cannot scientifically prove that every change he has observed was caused by glyphosate. But his larger question remains: **Are we managing Northern Ontario’s forests as complete ecosystems — or are we managing them primarily to produce the trees mills want?** A healthy forest is more than timber. It is birds, insects, berries, moose, fish, plants, water and the people who depend on all of it. #StopTheSpray #Glyphosate #NorthernOntario #Forestry #Biodiversity #WildlifeHabitat #Moose #ForestManagement #Environment #LoveTheNorth