The work of Dr. Simard and the Mother Tree Project has been featured in magazines, podcasts and radio programs in North America and Europe.

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With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’

Washington Post
December 27, 2022

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Finding the Mother Tree: An Interview with Suzanne Simard

Emergence Magazine
Oct 26, 2022

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Opinion: Climate change denial bullying declining — but not fast enough 

Vancouver Sun
Op-ed by Suzanne Simard and Steph Troughton
Feb 27, 2024

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Scientists call on Canada to adopt ecologically minded forest degradation definition

Featured in The Toronto Star, Victoria Times Colonist, and North Shore News
By Jordan Omstead , The Canadian Press
November 8, 2023

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Emerging tree diseases are on the rise, threatening the planet’s largest plants

CBC News: What on Earth
October 12, 2023

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Suzanne Simard, best-selling author of‘ Finding the Mother Tree,’ pledges advocacy for environmental protection ‘until I’m dead’

The Boston Globe
Amy Sutherland
September 20, 2023

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Opinion: As big burns become the new normal, we need new forest management policies

Vancouver Sun
Op-ed by Briony Penn and Rachel Holt
August 24, 2023

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Canada Files Season 4 Ep. 10: Suzanne Simard

Canada Files
Interviewed by Valerie Pringle
May 22, 2023

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Our economy drives deforestation – Suzanne Simard on protecting our forests

Channel 4 News, UK
May 19, 2023

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Finding the Mother Tree: ecologist Suzanne Simard offers solutions to B.C.’s forest woes

The Narwhal
July 17, 2021

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Suzanne Simard overcame adversity to unlock the secret world of trees

University Affairs
By Kerry Banks
March 24, 2021

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A Kootenay Professor Has Proven Trees Communicate With One Another

Kootenay Mountain Culture
By Arianna Murphy-Steed
December 29, 2020

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The Social Life of Forests

The New York Times Magazine
By Ferris Jabr
Photographs by Brendan George Ko
December 3, 2020

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Les arbres mères contre les changements climatiques

CBC Radio-Canada
By Anaïs Elboujdaini
January 22, 2020

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Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees

Nautilus
By Brandon Keim
October 31, 2019

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A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn

Quartz
By Ephrat Livni
November 3, 2017

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The secret life of trees: Is nature less selfish than we think?

CNN
By Paula Erizanu
February 7, 2017

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From Tree to Shining Tree

Radiolab
Produced by WNYC Studios
July 30, 2016

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The Intelligent Plant

By Michael Pollan for the New Yorker Magazine
December 16, 2013

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Moving Art by Louie Schwartzberg
January 10, 2020

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