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January 2, 2013 by /

CO-OPERATION, UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVEMENT OF SILVICULTURE PRACTICES

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Northern Silviculture Committee Winter Workshop 2013

January 2, 2013 by /

 


NORTHERN SILVICULTURE COMMITEE

WINTER WORKSHOP

UNBC | CONTINUING STUDIES

2 January 2013

Northern Silviculture Comittee Winter Workshop

 

The Art of Silviculture: Seedlings to Landscapes

February 19-20, 2013
Prince George, B.C.
Welcome!
We invite you to join us at this exciting workshop to discuss, debate, and learn more about “The Art of Silviculture: Seedlings to Landscapes”.
A wide range of silviculture topics will be explored over the two day workshop with an emphasis on current issues of the day. You will have a chance to learn something new, meet old and new friends, and visit with one of the workshop exhibitors.

 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

7:00 am Registration

8:15 am Welcome

TBA, UNBC

8:30 am Landscape Fire Planning and Management

Kelly Osbourne, FLNRO

9:15 am Fire in Mountain Pine Beetle

Dana Hicks, FLNRO

10:00 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break / Exhibits

10:30 am Evaluating Various Reforestation Options for Severely Burnt Sites (2009 and 2010 Wildfires) in the Chilcotin and Central Cariboo

Clare Kooistra, Conifera Consulting

11:15 am A new Look at Direct Seeding Lodgepole Pine

Bill Chapman, FLNRO

Becky Bravi, FLNRO

Becky Bravi, FLNRO

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch ( provided)

1:00 pm The Role of Silviculture in Watershed Management

Dave Wilford, FLNRO

1:45 pm Climate Change Studies on the CNC Research Forest

John Neumann, College of New Caledonia

2:30 pm Refreshment Break / Exhibits

3:00 pm Landscape Level Assessments of Vole and Hare Popula tion Cycles and Impacts to Silviculture Planning

Frank Doyle, Wildlife Dynamics Consulting

3:45 pm TBA

6:00 pm No Host Bar

6:30 pm Banquet – University of Northern BC

7:30 pm Guest Speaker TBA

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

8:00 am Uniform Shelterwood Silviculture Systems in the Cariboo Region

Michaela Waterhouse, FLNRO

8:45 am Trembling aspen competition, climate, and site preparation effects on white spruce growth in boreal forests of Western Canada

Francesco Cortini, NRCan

9:30 am NSC Business Meeting

10:00 am Refreshment Break / Exhibits

10:30 am Long term Dynamics and Fate of Douglas-fir leave trees in the Central Interior

Mike Jull, UNBC

11:15 am Glacial History of the Bowron Area

Marten Geertsema, FLNRO

12:00 am – 1:00 pm – Lunch (provided)

The Bowron Today: 30 Years after the Spruce Beetle Outbreak(Joint technical session with the ABCFP AGM, Canfor Theatre)

1:00 pm Westland Video(1992) about the Spruce Beetle Outbreak

Robert Hodgkinson, FLNRO

The 80’s – A New Era for Forest Management

Brian Harding,Erafor Forestry

Management Today

Cezary Slugocki, Erafor Forestry

Biodiversity, Mountain Caribou and Grizzly Bears

Dale Seip, Ministry of Environment

Riparian and hydrologic legacies of extensive salvage harvesting in the Bowron River watershed

John Rex, FLNRO

3:30 pm Adjourn Prize Draw

Registration

NSC Winter Workshop

Early Registration Fee: $225.00 +hst

(before Feb 8/2013)

Registration Fee: $250.00 +hst

(after Feb 8/2013)

Live Streaming Fee: $95.00 +hst

Live Streaming – NEW!

For those individuals who cannot attend in person we are offering the workshop via this technology so that you can view it live online. Contact us for more details.

Live Streaming Fee: $95.00 +hst

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Winter Workshop – “Live Streaming”

February 19-20, 2013

For those individuals who cannot attend in person we are offering the workshop via this technology so that you can view it live online.  Those who register for this option will be able to view all the presentations live through their computer.  You will also have the ability to ask questions of the presenters by typing in your questions online.  The moderators for each sesssion will monitor these requests and will forward the questions to the presenters on your behalf.  Those who register for this format will be given a link and password 3 days prior to the workshop.

Live Streaming Fee: $95.00 +hst

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