Full Podcast: https://lovethenorth.ca/article/261013-what-happens-to-northern-ontario For years, people across Northern Ontario have been raising concerns about the use of glyphosate and other herbicides in forestry. Hunters, anglers, berry pickers, Indigenous communities, tourism operators and residents have questioned what repeated spraying means for wildlife, vegetation, waterways and the long-term health of the forest. And yet the spraying continues. Previous Love the North interviews with Stop the Spray advocates have documented the same frustration: people are writing letters, attending meetings, reviewing forest management plans, protesting and publicly asking for the practice to end. Troy Woodhouse has also described how public pressure can make a difference. He says protests helped stop spraying in some forest areas for a season — but when that pressure disappeared, the spraying returned. That raises a bigger question: **How many times do people have to say “stop” before someone actually listens?** Public consultation means very little if residents participate, raise the same concerns year after year, and then watch the same practice continue. The issue is no longer simply whether people know forestry spraying is happening. People know. Many are speaking up. What they want to know now is whether anyone with the authority to change the policy is actually listening. **When public concern keeps falling on deaf ears, consultation starts to feel like a process instead of a voice.** Northern Ontario’s forests are public resources. The people who live, hunt, fish, work and gather food in those forests are asking to be heard. #StopTheSpray #Glyphosate #NorthernOntario #Forestry #ForestManagement #PublicInput #Hunters #Anglers #IndigenousCommunities #Ontario #LoveTheNorth