Learning from the past and present to create a better forest in the future.
Where: Mackenzie, BC
When: September 24-25, 2019
Past, present, and future, “a society’s fate lies in its own hands and depends substantially on its own choices.” Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.
Field tour itinerary:
Day 1: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
8:15 am Introduction – Miodrag Tkalec
8:20 am Load Bus
8:30 am Depart Mackenzie
9:00 am Drag Scarification: Cone viability and natural regeneration to address forest health issues. Erik Olsen – Canfor, and others.
10: 30 am Stem Rust Management: Looking at best management practices: what’s working and what’s not. Jewel Yurkewich – FLNRORD
12:00 Lunch – Mackenzie Junction
1:15 pm Forest fertilization with tea bags. Darius Bucher – Reforestation Technologies International.
2:45 pm Assisted Migration Trial site. Bill Laing – Conifex.
Banquet: 5:30-7:30 – Mackenzie Legion
Day 2: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
8:15 am Load Bus
9:00 am Wildfire – stocking standards and urban protection: Ian Leblanc or Dan Boulliane – Mackenzie Community Forest.
10:15 am Vegetation management: manual vs chemical. Ray Jacob and Kyle Wang BCTS – Mackenzie
11:00 am Tsay Keh Dene Perspective on Silviculture. Nicole Wheele – Tsay Keh Dene First Nation.
12:00 Lunch – location TBD
1:15 pm Caribou – best management and impacts on silviculture. Leslie McKinley (FLNRORD)
2:45 pm Spruce Beetle: Difficult to regenerate sites. Speaker: Jeanne Robert (FLNRORD)
3:30 pm Arrive Mackenzie – Closing remarks – Miodrag Tklaec
To register for the field tour –
https://event-wizard.com/NSC2019FallFieldTour/0/register/
Accommodation: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Alexander Mackenzie Hotel with a group rate. When booking say that you are with the Northern Silviculture group.