Moose, Mushrooms, and Mixedwoods
Boreal mixedwood forests are dynamic. These changes in forest structure and composition provide both dilemmas’ and opportunities for the silvicultural forester. Join us to consider, and re-consider, mixedwood silviculture based on decades of research, recent wildfire events, future climates, antlers and ectomycorrhizae.
When: September 13-14, 2017
Where: Fort St John, BC
Day 1 – Wednesday, September 13, 2017
7:00 am – Registration and Assembly at the Fort St. John Recreation Centre Parking Lot
8:00 am – Leave for Field Sites
9:00 am – What do future climates mean for the tree species in the boreal?
Early results from Assisted Migration Adaptation Trial – Fort St. John Site (Richard Kabzems and Brian Farwell, FLNRO)
Climate Based Seed Transfer Guidelines for BC – (Brian Barber – BC Forest Genetics Council)
11:30-12:30 pm – Lunch at Inga Lake Recreation Site (provided)
12:30 pm – Biological Effectiveness of Manipulating Boreal Sites – 30 years later
Stand level spruce volume responses to applied treatments (Lorne Bedford – Forest Practices Branch, R Kabzems – FLNRO)
Learning from tree level environmental responses (Dr. Che Elkin – UNBC)
3:00 pm – Operational cutblocks in the Fort St. John Code Pilot
(Dawn Griffin – Canadian Forest Products and Walter Fister – BC Timber Sales)
4:00 pm – Leave field sites
5:00 pm – Arrive Fort St John
6:00 pm – Barbecue – everyone welcome
Day 2 – Thursday, September 14, 2017
8:00 am: Buses Leave Fort St. John Recreation Centre
9:00 am: The Fires of Spring
Spring 2016 wildfire behaviour and lessons learned (TBA)
Mixedwood Silviculture approaches to community wildfire protection – (Brian Farwell – FLNRO)
Post fire mushrooms and the mushroom economy – (Dr. Shannon Berch MOE)
12:00: Lunch (provided)
1:00 pm: Intimate mixedwoods & unmix the mix: What are the options? What are the considerations?
Managing for Moose and Caribou in Boreal Forest – (Megan Watters and Mike Bridger – Wildlife Ecologists, FLNRO)
Migratory bird guidelines applicable to boreal forest harvesting operations – (Mark Phinney, Encana Corporation)
3:00 pm: Leave field sites
4:00 pm: Arrive Fort St. John
Cost: $250
To Register: Click here
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 8, 2017