TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Marion THIBAUT "Fort McKay: where Canada's boreal forest gave way to oil sands"
A Syncrude oil sands mining facility is seen behind a land reclamation sign near the Mildred lake oil sands near the Mildred Lake oil sands near Fort McKay, Alberta, on September 6, 2022. - At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country's boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated to excavation of oil sands. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)