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  1. Offers advice and financial assistance to landowners in PEI to help them manage their private woodlots. Includes:Technical advice from a forester or forest technicianForest management plan (developed by a private sector forest consultant)Funding of up to 70% o...
  2. Website provides information about the current Fire Weather Index across PEI.The index establishes the risk of forest or brush fires based on the current weather and other environmental factors.The index is updated daily at 2pm during fire season in PEI.
  3. Private property owners can apply to have native tree species planted on their lands to help contribute to the effort to combat rising greenhouse gas levels. Priority sites for planting include:High-sloped fieldsSites with sensitive soilsWatershed areas with r...
  4. Police can safely dispose of firearms, ammunition, and flares. Receipts are issued. Items can be dropped off in person or the Police will come to the home to pick-up them up.
  5. Issues an activity permit in a watercourse, wetland or 15 m buffer zone on or near one's property. Forms should be submitted at least six weeks before the anticipated project start date.Charged permit:Boardwalk construction in a buffer zoneBoardwalk constructi...
  6. Issues special waste permits for materials that cannot be disposed of through PEI's regular waste management system.Special waste includes:Asbestos-containing materialMetal-containing or hydro-carbon contaminated soilsSharps (needles, broken glass or other sha...
  7. Provides a 24/7 phone number for the public to report environmental emergencies. The Environmental Emergency Response Team responds to reports of emergencies including oil, fish kills, and pesticide and chemical spills.
  8. Provides water testing services to measure bacteria levels or for chemical analysis.
  9. Online searchable registry of properties that exceed regulatory limits and are deemed a contaminated site. Registry can be searched by the community the property is in or by the property identification number (PID).